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Arianna Rossi has a lot to prove. After last year's scandal with her former coach, rumors paint her as an angry drunk and a troublemaker, but the truth is far more complicated. Between college, a part-time bar job, a secret fake-dating gig, and a fallout with her parents, she's just trying to keep her head above water.
Then her new track coach, Benedict Weston, shows up. Ben was unstoppable on the track, until a possible career-ending knee injury shattered his dreams and left him reeling. Dumped by his fiancé and crushed under his parents' expectations to take over the family media empire, he reluctantly steps into coaching the college women's track team.
To reduce the pressure from his parents, Ben hires a fake girlfriend, but he doesn't realize that "Sarah" is really Arianna. And Arianna doesn't realize that Ben is the one making the request. When pleas turn into pressure, boundaries blur, and desires ignites, both of them are caught in a dangerous game of secrets, lies, and attraction.
Arianna is used to the fake-dating game, but what happens when it stops feeling like a game and starts feeling real? If Ben finds out her secret, will he walk away or ruin everything she's worked so hard for?
Then her new track coach, Benedict Weston, shows up. Ben was unstoppable on the track, until a possible career-ending knee injury shattered his dreams and left him reeling. Dumped by his fiancé and crushed under his parents' expectations to take over the family media empire, he reluctantly steps into coaching the college women's track team.
To reduce the pressure from his parents, Ben hires a fake girlfriend, but he doesn't realize that "Sarah" is really Arianna. And Arianna doesn't realize that Ben is the one making the request. When pleas turn into pressure, boundaries blur, and desires ignites, both of them are caught in a dangerous game of secrets, lies, and attraction.
Arianna is used to the fake-dating game, but what happens when it stops feeling like a game and starts feeling real? If Ben finds out her secret, will he walk away or ruin everything she's worked so hard for?
287 pages, Paperback
Published April 3, 2026
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July 2, 2026
Loved this book! A quick read from a new author. It’s giving forbidden relationships & athlete drama + a little smut
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