Heart Check
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- ¥1,300
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A star hockey player and his biggest critic must reexamine their assumptions about each other when forced to work together at an after-school job in this feel-good young adult rom-com debut about breaking the ice.
Luke Dawson and Harper Braedon could have been friends. They trade shifts at the same diner, share classes at school, and are driven by their greatest passions: hockey for Dawson and jewelry-making for Harper. But some things aren't meant to be. Dawson thinks Harper is stuck-up, too good for anything resembling school spirit. Harper thinks Dawson is a self-centered jock, a perfect fit for a hockey team that seems to absorb all the budget away from the arts departments.
When his beloved hockey coach gets fired for misallocation of funds, Dawson is terrified that all his plans for impressing scouts are vanishing before his eyes. A rumor goes around that Harper was the one who got him fired, and suddenly she’s public enemy number one.
But even with their mutual dislike at an all-time high, Harper and Dawson can’t escape splitting shifts forever. Can forced proximity help them find some common ground, or will long-held grudges finally succeed in bringing them both down?
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The sports-obsessed residents of Hamilton Lakes, Mich., expect great things from high school junior and hockey superstar Luke Dawson. But when the coach of the high school team is fired for embezzlement, it throws the athletes (and their upcoming season) into turmoil. Meanwhile, rumors start spreading that Luke's classmate Harper Braedon—a well-known critic of the funding imbalance between athletics and other school activities—is responsible for the coach's dismissal, an accusation that tanks her social standing and dashes her hopes of using her academic connections to expand her online jewelry-making business. Though Luke and Harper are constantly feuding at school and at the diner where they both work, their mutual dislike soon softens into understanding and, to their shock, attraction. As the year progresses, the hockey team founders under their new coach's management style and Harper contends with mounting social vitriol. Charlotte's debut hits all the right notes for an enemies-to-lovers romance as Luke and Harper navigate personal and romantic complications while pursuing their respective goals. Few surprises ensure an always-buoyant atmosphere and the white-cued protagonists' sizzling chemistry, as well as exciting and vividly described hockey sequences, further enrich this fun, fast-paced, and flirty read. Ages 14–up.
