read in 2023: Breakaway book 1
Everyone loves local high school hockey star Pierce Miller... especially Pierce Miller. Lia Bailey knows him from school but they also have skated at the same ice rink for years but Pierce can't even remember her name in fact he thought she was one of his female fans and signed her water bottle one time when he was leaving the ice and she was coming on... who does this kid think he is?
Now Lia is stuck teaching ice skating lessons with Pierce for a lengthy period of time (being in his presence any amount of time is too long as far as she's concerned) but she will do anything to help save her local rink. What she doesn't know is that Pierce feels the same way the rink owner really helped his family a lot in the past and he wants to help pay it forward anyway he can even if that means flaunting being a local hockey star to get more kids to come to the lessons.
Lia is a figure skater but she really knows hockey in fact maybe the way to get Pierce to realize he isn't as great as he thinks he is, is to point out his flaws on the ice. One night when she's fired up about having to share the ice and teach the kids with Pierce (who isn't doing his fair share of the training as far as she's concerned) she logs in online makes an account to the Hockey teams website and starts making suggestions... what could go wrong with this plan.
Pierce feeling down about the loss of the game makes the mistake of checking social media a lot of what he sees is the usual "better luck next time" or people trolling him but someone new catches his eye with their actually helpful tips for improving his game. After private messaging this person and Lia responding this leads to a series of online exchanges reminding me of the rom com You've got mail.
The more Lia gets to know Pierce the more she realizes that they have more in common than she thought and he's not the pompous jerk she thought he was he's sweet and caring and the more she gets to know him the more she's falling for him a bit more but while she is getting to know the real him especially when she sees him with his younger brother who has special needs she is still living a dual life.
Lia and Pierce are getting closer at the rink as well but he doesn't know who he is talking to online... he would like to know who it is though cause she's pretty awesome, but will he be upset when he finds out that she has been hiding herself from him the whole time behind an online identity. The couple are both also dealing with pressures from the skating world and school --> Pierce with his team and Lia on whether she will go forward to take the qualifying test for the next level for ice skating.
This was a cute & sweet teen romance, quick read and had a happy ending
*Teen Romance *enemies --> dating *hockey romance *ice skater/hockey pair
*no spice/kissing only
*age appropriate for teenagers *trigger warnings loss of parent
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