This novella was a Hugo and Nebula nominee twenty years ago. I lost both to Charles Sheffield -- whom I married five years later. Life sometimes really is just as strange as fiction.
Hanna is a 16-year-old ball of fire, being stripped of everything she knows just because she isn't being "challenged enough" in the school district she's been at since she was in Kindergarten. Now that she's a Junior, Hanna's parents are suddenly forcing her to live and attend school in Boston with her older brother...
Teen Haley Rhodes, a reserved and headstrong young woman, finds her world forever changed when she crosses paths with Charlie Adams, the star player of the local hockey team. Drawn to his magnetic presence and his passion for the game, Haley is quickly swept up in a whirlwind romance that tests the boundaries of love...
Talon Wilson and Christian Collins both love hockey. And that's basically the only thing they can agree on. So what happens when these sworn, "enemies," are tied together by an arranged marriage? Well, one thing's for certain, this is not going to be a civilized wedding.