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Broken Stick
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Expected 17 Feb 26When your best friend pretends to love you to help you win someone else…but he’s the only one you’ve ever truly wanted.
I asked my childhood friend Jaxon Sheffield—a hockey star who’s sworn off relationships—to fake it for a little while. Just long enough to make the guy I thought I wanted to notice me.
But I’m a reporter. I build stories. And Jaxon’s been burned by reporters enough to swear he’d never trust one—especially not with his secrets. When the plan worked, it should’ve ended there but I asked for more.
Because the truth I’ve kept hidden?
I’ve loved him forever.
Now we’re tangled in late-night touches and whispered promises that weren’t part of the deal. He thinks this is just a game.
But if they only knew… I’m risking the only relationship I can’t live without.
And if I lose him?
It won’t just break my heart—it’ll mean I ruined the one thing that was never supposed to be fake.
I asked my childhood friend Jaxon Sheffield—a hockey star who’s sworn off relationships—to fake it for a little while. Just long enough to make the guy I thought I wanted to notice me.
But I’m a reporter. I build stories. And Jaxon’s been burned by reporters enough to swear he’d never trust one—especially not with his secrets. When the plan worked, it should’ve ended there but I asked for more.
Because the truth I’ve kept hidden?
I’ve loved him forever.
Now we’re tangled in late-night touches and whispered promises that weren’t part of the deal. He thinks this is just a game.
But if they only knew… I’m risking the only relationship I can’t live without.
And if I lose him?
It won’t just break my heart—it’ll mean I ruined the one thing that was never supposed to be fake.
335 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication February 17, 2026
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Cathryn Fox
256 books1,377 followersNew York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cathryn Fox is a wife, mom, sister, daughter, aunt and friend. She loves dogs, sunny weather, anything chocolate (she never says no to a brownie) pizza and red wine. Cathryn lives in beautiful Nova Scotia with her husband, who is convinced he can turn her into a mixed martial arts fan. When not writing, Cathryn can be found Skyping with her son living in Seattle (could he have moved any farther away?) shopping with her daughter in the city, watching a big action flick with her husband, or hanging out and laughing with friends.
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Cathryn Fox scores again with this epic friends to lovers story.
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