A TikTok sensation! Sparks fly when a competitive figure skater and hockey team captain are forced to share a rink.
Anastasia Allen has worked her entire life for a shot at Team USA. It looks like everything is going according to plan when she gets a full scholarship to the University of California, Maple Hills and lands a place on their competitive figure skating team.
Nothing will stand in her way, not even the captain of the hockey team, Nate Hawkins.
Nate’s focus as team captain is on keeping his team on the ice. Which is tricky when a facilities mishap means they are forced to share a rink with the figure skating team—including Anastasia, who clearly can’t stand him.
But when Anastasia’s skating partner faces an uncertain future, she may have to look to Nate to take her shot.
Sparks fly, but Anastasia isn’t worried…because she could never like a hockey player, right?
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I don’t read a lot of books with college student protagonists; I work in a college library supervising student workers, and I don’t need the added drama. But I heard good things about this book, plus it was centered around skating, so I gave it a shot. I was sucked in from the first page and didn’t put it down until the last.
Nate is the captain of the college ice hockey team, and he takes it very seriously. He’s already been signed to the pros, so he just has to get through his senior year without injury or trouble, easier said than done when he has to herd a bunch of rowdy college boys.
Anastasia is a figure skater with an eye on making it to the US Olympic team. She’s a pairs skater, and her partner is a good skater, but a lousy human being. Unfortunately, it takes her a long time to figure that out. There is a serious incident that causes one of the skating rinks to be shut down, forcing the hockey team and the figure skaters to share the ice. The coach demands to know who is responsible, and Nate takes the blame so the rest of the team can keep competing.
Schedules are worked out, and Nate goes to all the practices. There he meets Anastasia, and they start hanging out. She becomes friends with some of his roommates, and eventually, they fall for one another. Meanwhile, another incident occurs with Anastasia’s skating partner. He sustains a bad injury and blames Nate. Anastasia believes that Nate is innocent, but he still gets benched for several games. Nate offers to help Anastasia practice while her partner is out, and learns the difference between figure skating and hockey skating.
Eventually, the truth wills out as it always does, and Nate and Anastasia find their happy ending. There is a lot of drama and some laughs along the way, and a bit of heat, too. I understand why this book is so popular, and I’m looking forward to the rest of this series, which are all available.
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