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Fake-Off with Fate by Whitney Dineen

Fake-Off with Fate

by Whitney Dineen

At a Glance

Published08/13/2025
GenreContemporary Romance
SubgenreSports Romance, Closed-Door Romance
Series#1 in The Love in Maple Falls Series
GoodReads3.92
My ScoreN/A
Spice LevelNone

Book Summary

She’s a closet designer for the rich and famous, and he’s a broken-hearted captain of a pro-hockey team. Neither of them is looking for love.

Ashlyn
An unexpected trip home to Maple Falls gets even more surprising when I inadvertently become the acting mayor.

Add a huge crisis and a smoking hot hockey player, and I’m in over my head before I know it.
I’m only here for a short time, so I will not fall for Mr. Tall, dark, and adorable. I don’t care how helpful and kind he is. Long-distance never works, so the answer is no.

Jamie
I’m sick of the press hounding me about my last relationship, so when the opportunity arose to captain a new hockey team in small-town Washington, I jumped at it.

Too bad I didn’t ask more questions before moving here, like, “Are there bears, and will they be living in my backyard?”

Then there’s Ashlyn. The last thing I expected was to meet a funny, sassy, and good-hearted woman like her. I swore off love after my last heartbreak, but my heart is acting like it missed the memo.

There’s no way I’m going to pursue her. Unless, of course, fate has intervened, and we were meant to be…

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