She was hired to fix his game. He taught her how to break the rules.
Rebecca Chen knows the deal: keep your hands off the talent, keep your head down, and never, ever cross the line. As the new coach for hockey prodigy Alexei Volkov, she's got one job-fix his dragging edge and get him ready for the NHL scouts. She doesn't expect the electricity the first time she touches him. She doesn't expect the way his gray eyes follow her across the ice. And she definitely doesn't expect to want him so badly it hurts.
Alexei Volkov has spent his whole life earning his father's approval. The Rangers are watching. The tryout is days away. He can't afford distractions-until Rebecca Chen steps onto his ice. Every correction, every lift, every accidental brush of her body drives him insane. He's been fantasizing about his coach for three months, and when they finally collide, there's no going back.
What starts as a desperate, forbidden encounter spirals into a secret affair that risks everything.
On the ice. On the Zamboni. In his father's office. Every risk they take brings them closer to getting caught... and closer to losing it all. With the media circling and an anonymous tip threatening to expose them, Alexei and Rebecca must decide: is love worth the cost of their careers?
Some curves are illegal. Some rules are meant to be broken. And some love stories start with a penalty you never saw coming.