It's a Love/Skate Relationship

A joyful debut standalone enemies-to-lovers queer romance about a girl who must put her pro hockey dreams on hold and pair skate with the ice princess at the rink next door

Charlie Porter never backs down. Not on the ice, where she’s earned her place as one of the only girls on her school’s hockey team. And not off it, especially not when she’s confronted by sexist jerks from her rival team. When Charlie accidentally starts a brawl at the rink, she’s held responsible for the ensuing property damage and suspended from school, meaning she can’t play hockey for her junior year season.

Alexa Goldstein’s figure skating partner was hurt in the fight, and with only four months until sectionals, Alexa needs a strong, confident skater to stand in for him so she can earn a spot at nationals and, eventually, the Olympics. Alexa finds Charlie rude, abrasive, and completely inelegant on the ice, but pickings for pairs skaters are slim so close to competition. So she and her mom/coach strike a deal with Charlie—skate with Alexa well enough to place at sectionals, and they’ll pay for the property damage the brawl caused and connect Charlie to hockey scouts at D-I schools.

The last thing Charlie wants is to have to spend time with Alexa, the standoffish ice princess. And Alexa’s loyalties are to her boyfriend, one of the idiots Charlie threw a punch at. But as the frostiness between them starts to thaw, they begin to wonder if they’ve found a partner for more than just figure skating.