The Captain's Fake Girlfriend (The Milburn Breakers Book 1)

The captain has rules. Falling for his fake girlfriend is not supposed to be one of them. Nate Kessler has spent six years carrying the expectations of the Milburn Breakers and hearing exactly what the city thinks about the team's playoff drought. He knows hockey. He knows leadership. Publicity stunts are another matter entirely. Erin Dwyer would rather run her family bakery than become part of Milburn's favorite hockey story. But when a local campaign turns a dating rumor into an opportunity for both the Breakers and her struggling business, agreeing to fake date the team's famously private captain almost makes sense. They set rules. No personal questions. No surprise appearances. And absolutely no falling for each other. Then pretending starts becoming dangerously easy. Between packed arenas, bakery disasters, meddling teammates, and cameras waiting to catch every glance, Nate and Erin have to decide whether they are protecting the lives they actually want or simply the ones they have gotten good at keeping. Funny, heartfelt, and full of hockey chaos, The Captain's Fake Girlfriend is a fake dating sports romance about unexpected chemistry, found family, and discovering that the best relationships are sometimes the ones nobody planned.