She married him to stay in the country. She didn’t expect him to feel like home. Sarah Stone never meant to marry a hockey player. She isn’t even sure she likes hockey—too loud, too violent. But when her visa runs out and going home isn’t an option, marrying one of her brother’s teammates becomes the fastest way to stay in the country. Carter Williamson is boyishly handsome, charming, and exactly the kind of man who makes a temporary marriage feel dangerous in all the wrong (right?) ways. He respects the rules, takes the pretending seriously, and somehow manages to make her feel safer than she has in years. Which is inconvenient, because he's also determined to keep things strictly business. With immigration interviews, team gossip, and an entire locker room invested in their “love story,” Sarah and Carter both struggle to remember the marriage is fake. But when a crisis on the ice forces Sarah to confront the fears she thought she’d buried, one vulnerable moment threatens to unravel everything they’ve built—real or not. This was supposed to be paperwork. Not feelings. Definitely not love. Could've Fooled Me is a marriage of convenience closed-door hockey romance with chemistry, tension, and steamy kisses...but ONLY kisses on the page.