Perfect Deke

The Blade Kings, Book 1

By: Ruth Stilling

Narrated by: Alex Kydd, Amelia Hugh

How to complicate your rookie season in the NHL: fake date your former college rival and now teammate's ex-girlfriend.

It's a bad idea, and I know it, especially since Kendra Hart has had a hold over me since our freshman year of college. She has no idea how I feel, and I have zero control over my mouth when her life goes up in smoke and she needs a friend, along with a place to stay.

My coach, who also happens to be my stepdad, is warning me to stay away not only for the team's sake but to spare me from getting hurt. I should probably listen to his advice. However, taking the simple route has never been my thing. And with every "fake" look, touch, and kiss I give her, I think she might be starting to like me for more than just my British accent.

I'm starting to think this might be my best idea yet…

Expect the following tropes: pro-hockey MMC x pro-soccer FMC, golden retriever x black kitten, rival teammate's ex, fake dating, he falls first and hard, and forced proximity.

©2025 Ruth Stilling (P)2025 Podium Audio

So Amazing

Okay so this author is now one of my top five authors the relationship she built for these two is amazing the one time I almost wavered she totaled made it okay and worth it I laughed out loud so many times and honestly I hurt and cried with them when they hurt