Zach Kane has it all: talent, popularity, and a name that opens every door—thanks to a father who demands perfection at any cost. But beneath the cocky smile and enforcer’s build lies a secret Zach’s too scared to admit, especially when it threatens the only thing he’s ever been good at: hockey.

Elliot Monroe has a sharp tongue, whiskey-colored eyes, and no patience for arrogant jocks like Zach. He’s got his own demons, but none of them prepared him for the storm that is Zach Kane—infuriating, magnetic, and impossible to ignore.

When their mutual disdain explodes into a heated, reckless moment neither can forget, everything changes. Zach spirals, torn between his father’s expectations and the truth he’s too scared to face, while Elliot fights to heal from the wounds Zach left behind.

But when resentment, jealousy, and desire collide, both will learn that love isn’t always soft—it’s raw, messy, and sometimes hurts more than it heals.