{"product_id":"ruthless-captain-norah-preston-9798270777586","title":"Ruthless Captain: A Dark Hockey Bully MM Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe destroyed me for two years. Now he's blackmailing me into being his.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI should hate Marcus Hale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ruthless hockey captain who shoved me into lockers. Who poured paint on my art. Who made every day at Blackwood University a living hell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when he corners me in the art studio at 2 AM with an ultimatum that changes everything, hate becomes the least of my problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarry him for six months, or watch my scholarship-and my entire future-disappear.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's blackmail. Pure and simple. A twisted game between him and his billionaire psychopath father. And I'm just the pawn he's willing to sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept the Marcus I see behind closed doors isn't the monster everyone knows. He's broken. Desperate. Fighting demons I recognize because they look just like mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery fake kiss feels real. Every staged touch burns. Every night in his house pulls me deeper into something I can't control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'm falling for my bully. My blackmailer. My fake husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd his father is watching. Waiting. Ready to destroy anyone Marcus dares to love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI survived seven foster homes. I survived abuse. I survived being nobody.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut surviving Marcus Hale? That might be the thing that finally breaks me.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOr maybe it's the thing that finally sets us both free.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Norah Preston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798270777586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.11lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d","brand":"Norah Preston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447105302783,"sku":"9798270777586","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_36207af5-2964-4fd6-9352-ed8257baa931.jpg?v=1777228858","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ruthless-captain-norah-preston-9798270777586","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}