Faking it with Beck Ryder
Everyone at Frostford University worships Beck Ryder. Future NHL star. Campus celebrity. Captain of the Frostford Vipers. The golden boy who can do no wrong. Everyone except Nayla George.
Two years ago, a violent locker-room incident ended her brother's hockey career and shattered her family. While Julian spiraled into depression and their family struggled to survive, Beck's fame only grew.
To Nayla, Beck Ryder is living proof that powerful people never face consequences.
Then another assault scandal explodes.
A viral video appears to show Beck involved in a violent altercation with another student-athlete. Public outrage erupts. Sponsors flee. NHL scouts back away. Overnight, hockey's golden boy becomes Frostford's biggest liability.
Desperate to save his image, the university launches a reality show designed to rebuild Beck's reputation.
And the producers choose the one person who hates him most to play his girlfriend.
Nayla George.
Now they're trapped together in front of cameras, forced to sell a love story neither of them wants.
But as their fake relationship begins feeling dangerously real, Nayla uncovers secrets connecting Beck's newest scandal to the incident that destroyed her brother years ago.
The deeper she digs, the more she realizes someone has spent years manipulating the truth.
And the deeper she digs, the more she realizes the truth isn't a question of innocence. Someone manipulated what happened that night. Someone turned Beck Ryder into the perfect villain. And the man she's spent years hating may be carrying a different kind of guilt than she ever imagined.