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4.5 • 471 Ratings
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She’s an honors student with ambitious graduate school plans and he’s a jock with only hockey on his mind, but once their worlds collide, their connection is hot enough to melt an ice rink.
An ultimatum from Summer Preston’s thesis advisor thrusts her into an unexpected collision with the hockey team’s captain, Aiden Crawford. She’s caught between conflicting desires of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a sport psychologist and staying as far away as possible from the god-awful sport. And once she meets Aiden—well, let’s just say he confirms all her worst assumptions about hockey players.
Being the captain of the college hockey team has its perks, except when a reckless mistake by Aiden’s team threatens to jeopardize their entire season. As punishment, Aiden’s coach nominates him as the subject of a student research project. Participating is the last thing he wants to do, especially since the girl leading the project looks like she could wield his skates as a weapon.
Summer can’t stand Aiden’s blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn’t understand why she’s twenty years old with a twenty-five-year plan. But their bickering soon turns to bantering—and once they let their guards down, there’s nothing to check their feelings.
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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
Loved it!
Semi spoilers-The only reason this book doesn’t get 5 stars is because the MMC doesn’t have the showdown with the exBF of the FMC… I would have loved to see Aiden knock Donny’s lights out, it’s the least he deserved.
If you love men who adore their women, Aiden is your dream man and Summer is the intelligent, stubborn, loyal, and funny lady we would want to be.
Too long but decent first half
The first half was solid, but it just went on way too long. I lost interest and couldn’t finish.
Loved
This book had all the things I love reading about. Romance, sports, a strong fmc and Mc and their families were both supportive. Loved it! Wish I could reread for the first time. Also loved that the female character was cultured! Love that for them!