Checks & Bonds

She wanted freedom. He made sure she'd never have it.Freya Reynolds has one goal: escape her arranged marriage, no matter the cost.Even if it means stepping into the shadows of Crestwood's most dangerous secret -- a society where power is absolute, rules are twisted, and once you're claimed... you don't belong to yourself anymore.It was supposed to be simple. If another man claims her… she's free. Until the ceremony begins, and the man who steps forward isn't a stranger.It's him.Henry Mathers.Her fiancé.The one man she was trying to escape.And now?He doesn't have to marry her.He can own her.No vows.No timeline.No escape.Freya thought she was playing the game.Henry wrote the rules.And he's done pretending he doesn't want her.Done pretending he'll let her go.Because this time, she didn't just bind herself to him.She handed herself over.And now... there's no escape.Checks & Bonds is a stand-alone arranged marriage dark hockey romance featuring a stoic Alpha hockey player who always has to be in control and the fierce rebel who challenges everything he thought he knew. It has a guaranteed HEA and no cliffhanger.