Mina knows three things to be true.
2. Sheâs obsessed with an ice hockey player anyway.
3. Sliding into his DMâs is the best and worst thing sheâs ever done.
Dark Romance author Mina Mendoza has an obsession, and his name is Leo Duval. She knows everything about the star hockey player⊠like how many tattoos he has, where his aunt likes to holiday, the layout of his house and the date he bought it. But he doesnât know she exists. Or at least he didnât.
When Mina messages Leo in the middle of the night to say that heâs exactly how she imagines the hero in her latest novel, she forgets that men can be cruel. One message turns into twenty screenshots, and a drunken group chat that alters the course of both their lives.
As it turns out, Leo knows some things about Mina too. Like the password to her phone, that her roommate sometimes forgets to lock their door at night, and that she sleeps like the dead.
Mina might have been stalking him first, but he can do it better.
A thrilling romance between a dark romance author and the star hockey player she falls for. Mina is head over heels for Leo, the hockey player she discovers looks exactly like how she imagined her character to be... but one DM leads to a spiral of things. Mina will do whatever it takes to get Leo... but what she doesn't realize is that Leo is more clued into her than she realizes. I absolutely adored Mina, she was so fun to read about and she just felt so relatable. Leo was a great love interest and I just loved how much he cared for her. This story had me from the very first page and I devoured their romance!! The couple had such fantastic chemistry and this was a wild ride from start to finish. I am a sucker for Avina's books and this was just another amazing read!!
Release Date: April 29, 2026
Publication/Blog: Ash and Books (ash-and-books.tumblr.com)
*Thanks Avina for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*