


Zack ‘Z’ Morgan and Sugar Ryan have their own baggage and backstories that they bring into the story line, which means that because readers are privy to both of their perspectives, we’re able to see beneath Zack’s larger-than-life college athlete persona to the man he seems to hide from everyone, including himself as well as the real reason Sugar is desperate to get into Vanderbilt for Law School and the scars that she wears from her father’s refusal to claim her and the struggle she has to protect her heart, even though it seems to know what it wants early in the story.Ī player college athlete, a quirky, intelligent heroine, and a fake relationship are commonly used characteristics in new adult romance, but the attributes that separate Boyfriend Bargain from the rest is the depth of Zack and Sugar’s characters and the way Ilsa Madden-Mills delves into who they are beneath the facades they created…underneath the traits that those around them see regularly.

Ilsa Madden-Mills knows how to bring the angst in her new adult romances, and Boyfriend Bargain is no different. Will this hockey star score his forever girl or will their Boyfriend Bargain end in heartbreak? Too bad she can’t trust a player with a reputation for breaking hearts. The only rule in her boyfriend bargain: 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞.īut after one smoking-hot hook-up, he’s done with pretending and vows to make their fake relationship real. Zack Morgan is the king of the ice and the bedroom-but nothing prepares him for the mystery girl who shows up everywhere he does-frat parties, his favorite bar, and finally his front door with an offer he can’t refuse.

Her mission? Get on this hockey player’s radar any way possible. until she’s forced to bargain with the cockiest of them all. Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills returns with an all-new swoon-fest of a novel about what happens when you take a chance on love.
