Collide
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Spiral
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4.3 • 282 Ratings
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Collide is the first book in the Off the Ice series
The second novel, Spiral, is out now and the third, Revolve, will be out in October. You can pre-order Revolve now.
'Equal parts spicy and sweet' Peyton Corinne, author of Unsteady
When Summer Preston's professor issues her with an ultimatum, she finds herself on an unexpected collision course with hockey captain Aiden Crawford.
Summer hates everything about hockey, for good reason, but she isn't going to let that stand in the way of her becoming a sports psychologist.
Aiden loves being the hockey captain, except when his team's reckless mistakes risk jeopardising their entire season. When Coach puts him forward for a research paper as punishment, he has no choice but to accept.
Summer can't stand his blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn't understand her uptight, scheduled one. They are off to a rocky start, and provoking each other – it turns out – is what they do best.
As sparks fly, neither wants to be the one to give in. Can they get everything they want – including each other?
Now with a never-before-seen bonus scene from Summer and Aiden's love story as well as an extract from Spiral, the next book in the Off the Ice series. Find out which of your favourite characters from Collide will be featured next!
If you love...
Ice hockey
College setting
Reverse grumpy meets sunshine
Forced proximity
No third act breakup
Multi-racial characters
He falls first
Dual POV
... you're going to love Collide
Readers are falling for Summer and Aiden...
'The spice levels won't disappoint'
'Someone please point me in the direction of where I can get my own Aiden Crawford'
'If you loved The Deal and Icebreaker, you'll love this!!! I could not put this book down!'
'Bal Khabra is quickly becoming one of my favourite sports romance authors!'
'Bal Khabra never disappoints. I will read anything she will write. PERIOD.'
Spiral ranked No. 6 in the Sunday Times bestseller chart week ending 01/02/2025.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Khabra debuts with an adorable if slightly overlong new adult romance. Dalton University senior Summer Preston feels her dream of working as a sports psychologist with the U.S. Olympic program is within her reach. Only one last hurdle stands in the way of being accepted into Dalton's competitive graduate program: an ultimatum from the adviser she idolizes that she work with the one sport she hates, hockey. (She had a bad experience with a hockey player in the past and has written the rest of them off as well.) After a reckless party lands Dalton's team in trouble, captain Aiden Crawford takes the fall. As punishment, his coach forces Aiden to work with Summer or face NCAA probation. Aiden's seemingly nonchalant attitude toward everything except hockey peeves Summer, confirming her worst opinions of hockey players—but she can't deny her attraction to him. The novel is light on plot, chronicling how these two slowly go from enemies to lovers without much friction, but the characters are endearing and their connection makes sense. It's a welcome addition to the booming subgenre of hockey romance.
Customer Reviews
Amazing
I was kicking my feet and giggling at a couple of scenes but summer (female mc) at the start of the book was absolutely pissing me off and aiden (male mc) is way too perfect for her. However, I really enjoyed this book and their dynamic together.
😍, would recommend
The book was so interesting and really got me back into reading, purchased “Spiral” straight away. The plot in the beginning was amazing and I just thought it was interesting the way it was going. My only qualm is that I feel that we got a little lost in the smut during the middle of the chapter, which I am sure is a lot of people’s thing but it got to.a point where whole chapters were placed of the smut
Love itt
So amazing this book