The first book in a new romantic comedy series by USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Lynx about a hockey player who is anything but nice. When he needs the help of his teammate's sister, the sweet-as-pie local veterinarian, to save his dog, he wonders if his secret crush from the past might be more than puppy love. My teammates call me Grumpy Old Man. I get the grumpy part. It’s not as if I was ever the life of the party. But I am not old. Geez, I'm only thirty-two. Despite the only partly correct nickname, there's two things you need to know about me. The first, I love my dog and would do anything for that crazy mutt. The second thing, well, it involves my teammates' sister. The woman he told me to stay away from. What nobody knows is I have a had a crush on her for years. Why am I telling you this? My dog was in an accident and the only one who could save him? You guessed it. My secret crush who is the local veterinarian. What did I do to thank her? I got her fired. Now my secret crush thinks I'm a grumpy jerk too.

A hot, new romance by USA Today bestselling author Elizabeth Lynx about a fake engagement that turned into something not so fake. What happens when a hockey player and a wedding planner kiss pretending to be in love and that kiss turns into something neither expected? I thought it was a good idea to pretend to be engaged to my sister’s best friend. Before you judge, hear me out. I needed the money. Okay, that sounded really bad, but Harper needed something too, a job. We were both benefiting from the fake engagement. The only problem was as we tried to keep it a secret from our friends and family, the more word got out. That’s the problem with being a famous hockey player and living in a small town. Word spreads fast. I guess I didn’t think that one through. I didn’t think a lot of things through. But I was desperate for the money I could get by pretending to be Harper’s fiancé. My ex-wife took everything I had and trying to raise my son in a tiny one-bedroom apartment wasn’t easy. I may not be proud of the lie I told, but I’d do anything for my little boy. Even pretend to not be in love with my fake-fiancé.