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Lucas González never wanted to leave New York.
Moving to Denver at the start of his senior year means leaving behind his best friends, the only hockey team he's ever known, and the life he's spent years building. Now the quiet, tattooed hockey player is the new kid-an outsider who'd rather disappear into the background than explain himself to people who have already decided who he is.
Noah Bennett has lived in Denver his entire life. Focused on earning a place at his dream university, he believes academics come before everything else. To Noah, athletes are distractions, and Lucas seems to fit every stereotype the moment he walks into English class.
When they're forced to work together on a project comparing their families and cultures, first impressions quickly turn into sharp words and constant clashes. But as Noah begins to uncover the meaning behind Lucas's Spanish tattoos, his devotion to the grandparents who raised him, and the sacrifices hidden beneath his quiet exterior, he starts to realise he couldn't have been more wrong.
Some walls are built from prejudice.
Others are built from heartbreak.
And sometimes, the coldest hearts only need one person willing to stay long enough for the ice to melt.
A slow-burn rivals-to-lovers high school romance about family, culture, found home, and discovering that the person you judged first might be the one who changes everything.