Frozen Crown Elite Series by Harley Storm

He needs a wife to secure his inheritance. She needs money to save her mother and build her dream. The solution? A contract marriage with an expiration date. The deal is simple. Knox Ashford—billionaire team owner, ice-cold negotiator, the man who dismissed me in an elevator ten years ago—offers me six million dollars to marry him for one year. No feelings. No complications. Just business. I should say no. I should walk away from the man who once made me feel invisible... moreHe needs a wife to secure his inheritance. She needs money to save her mother and build her dream. The solution? A contract marriage with an expiration date. The deal is simple. Knox Ashford—billionaire team owner, ice-cold negotiator, the man who dismissed me in an elevator ten years ago—offers me six million dollars to marry him for one year. No feelings. No complications. Just business. I should say no. I should walk away from the man who once made me feel invisible. But six million dollars pays off my mother's crushing medical debt. It funds the sports agency I've been building in borrowed office space and late-night desperation. It gives me freedom I've never had. So I sign the contract. We'll fake date for the cameras. Wed before Christmas. Play the perfect couple for his dying grandfather. Then divorce quietly after twelve months and go our separate ways. Except Knox isn't who I thought he was. Behind the billion-dollar empire is a man who makes me tea at midnight, who teaches me to cook pancakes, who looks at me like I'm the only person in the room. A man who's falling for me as hard as I'm falling for him. But our contract has an end date. And I've spent ten years building walls around my heart for a reason. Can a marriage that started as a lie become the realest thing in both our lives? Or will the clock run out before we're brave enough to admit what we really want isn't money or inheritance—it's each other? less

She's one missed payment away from losing her Olympic dream. He's the billionaire hockey player who just stole her ice time. Lennox Carmichael has sacrificed everything for figure skating—her twenties, her savings, her pride. Training alone with duct-taped equipment, she's this close to making the Olympic team. Until the Lake Frost Titans buy out her morning ice time, and suddenly she's sharing the rink with the last person she wants to see. Dax Sterling didn't choose his family fortune... moreShe's one missed payment away from losing her Olympic dream. He's the billionaire hockey player who just stole her ice time. Lennox Carmichael has sacrificed everything for figure skating—her twenties, her savings, her pride. Training alone with duct-taped equipment, she's this close to making the Olympic team. Until the Lake Frost Titans buy out her morning ice time, and suddenly she's sharing the rink with the last person she wants to see. Dax Sterling didn't choose his family fortune. But he did choose hockey over the tech empire, and he'll do anything to prove he's more than his bank account. Even if that means training alongside a beautiful, stubborn figure skater who looks at him like he's everything wrong with the world. She thinks he's entitled. He thinks she's impossible. Neither expected the collision that changes everything. When Lennox's funding crisis threatens to end her Olympic dreams, Dax wants to help. But she'd rather fail on her own terms than succeed on someone else's charity. He's falling for a woman who won't let him in. She's falling for a man whose money could save her—or destroy the one thing she has left. Her pride. His heart. One ice rink where their worlds collide. Some gaps can't be bridged with wealth. Some dreams require more than determination. Can love exist between two people when accepting help feels like giving up everything? less

He's a professional hockey player with a secret that could destroy his career. She's the journalist determined to expose him. Griffin Cole is everything you'd expect from an NHL enforcer—aggressive on the ice, fiercely protective of his team, and absolutely terrifying to opposing players. What no one knows? He's also G. C. Frost, bestselling romance novelist. For five years, he's kept his two identities separate. It's survival... moreHe's a professional hockey player with a secret that could destroy his career. She's the journalist determined to expose him. Griffin Cole is everything you'd expect from an NHL enforcer—aggressive on the ice, fiercely protective of his team, and absolutely terrifying to opposing players. What no one knows? He's also G. C. Frost, bestselling romance novelist. For five years, he's kept his two identities separate. It's survival. Because the hockey world isn't ready for a player who writes swoony love stories. Then Wren Mitchell walks into his town. She's brilliant, relentless, and convinced that G. C. Frost is hiding somewhere in Lake Frost. Her assignment? Unmask the mysterious author before Christmas. Her problem? Griffin Cole is her prime suspect, and he's not making it easy. He should stay away from her. Should let her chase dead ends until she gives up and goes home. Instead, he finds himself drawn to her sharp wit, her passion for the truth, and the way she sees through every wall he's built. She challenges him. Frustrates him. Makes him want things he can't afford to want. Now he's playing the most dangerous game of his life—keeping his secret while falling for the one woman who could destroy everything. Because Wren's getting closer to the truth with every passing day. And Griffin's realizing that some secrets aren't worth keeping. .. if it means losing her. Can a man built on lies risk everything for love? Or will the truth shatter them both? less