Love and Other Penalties

When a figure skater on the brink of her Olympic dream gets her ice time stolen by Briarwood’s secret softie, sparks fly.

Ivy:
I have three weeks to qualify for Team USA, and the last thing I need is a hockey player who can’t read a schedule encroaching on my ice time. But when Finn Travers, starting right wing for the Briarwood Bobcats, crashes my perfectly planned training with his ridiculous cone drills and dangerous smiles, I realize I’ve just taken my first penalty.

Falling for my sworn rink enemy.

Finn’s all sharp edges and trouble, the kind of distraction my perfectionist coach-mother would never approve of. He watches me skate like I’m the most fascinating thing he’s ever seen, offers advice that’s annoyingly accurate, and shows up at my dad’s cupcakery when I “forget” to text him what time to pick me up for our first date.
Between stolen kisses and the dangerous truth that being with him feels exactly like taking a penalty—a forced timeout while the whole town watches—I’m starting to think Finn might be worth the risk.
But when my mother threatens to pull my training if I don’t end things with Finn, one wrong landing could shatter both our dreams.

With my last shot at Olympic glory on the line and my heart gone for a tomcat who makes me feel like flying, I have to choose: the gold medal I’ve trained for all my life, or the love that proves some penalties are worth taking?