Fake-Off with Fate

A Love in Maple Falls Standalone

By: Whitney Dineen

Narrated by: Kathryn Lynhurst, Wyeth Watts

My mother taught me to never say never… I should have remembered that when I said I'd never fall for a professional athlete. Of course, that was before I met Jamie…

Ashlyn

An unexpected trip home to Maple Falls gets even more surprising when I inadvertently become acting mayor.

Add a huge crisis and a smoking hot hockey player, and I'm in over my head before I know it.

I'm only here for a short time, so I will not fall for Mr. Tall, dark, and adorable. I don't care how helpful and kind he is. Long-distance never works, so the answer is no.

Jamie

I'm sick of the press hounding me about my last relationship, so when the opportunity arose to captain a new hockey team in small-town Washington, I jumped at it.

Too bad I didn't ask more questions before moving here, like, "Are there bears, and will they be living in my backyard?"

Then there's Ashlyn. The last thing I expected was to meet a funny, sassy, and good-hearted woman like her. I swore off love after my last heartbreak, but my heart is acting like it missed the memo.

There's no way I'm going to pursue her. Unless, of course, fate has intervened, and we were meant to be...

Fake-Off with Fate is a slow-burn, friends-to-lovers, fake-dating small-town hockey romcom in the Love in Maple Falls series. Add a town conflict, a missing mayor, and a bear infestation. You will be laughing and cheering your way to a happy ending!

Welcome back to Maple Falls—the small-town where hockey players fall in love! This is a multi-author series of seven full-length books that could be read as standalones, but we think you'll enjoy them best in order.

©2026 Whitney Dineen (P)2026 Podium Audio

Cute story

it was a cute story and I really love her books but this felt like the ending was smashed together like you were listening to the cliff notes. I was disappointed. It felt like a let down that all of the story line plots just ended in the last 5 minutes.