ochoniafidelia

When Bree Smith is dragged from Brooklyn to a mansion that feels too rich to breathe in, she expects boredom, new rules, and a stepbrother she’ll probably never speak to. What she didn’t expect was him.

Barth Aurick, a college hockey god, certified heartbreak machine, and walking red flag with a smile sharp enough to slice your sanity in half.

He’s trouble wrapped in tattoos.
She’s attitude wrapped in innocence.
And the moment their worlds collide, the air between them crackles hot enough to burn.

They hate each other… loudly.
They want each other… dangerously.
And the line between both? Fragile. Thread thin. Ready to snap.

Thrown into the same house, the same school, and the same spotlight, Bree and Barth are forced into a proximity that feels less like family bonding and more like emotional warfare with sexual tension as the weapon of choice.

But the deeper Bree gets into Barth’s world, his enemies, his past, his fractured loyalty, the more she realizes she’s in the middle of something bigger than petty arguments, cafeteria drama, and stolen glances.

This isn’t just a new home.
It’s a battlefield.
And Barth?
He’s the kind of storm that doesn’t destroy you at once…
He pulls you in slowly.