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Allie Jacobs
Twenty-one. Australian. Red-brunette hair, green eyes, dangerous smile, sharper mouth.
She studies English Literature at Sydney University and has spent years pretending she is fine without hockey, even though hockey was once everything.
Allie grew up on the ice with her two best friends: Tanner "TJ" James and Dean Miller.
Dean died in a car accident when they were fifteen.
Since then, every time Allie and TJ step onto the ice, they touch it with their hand for Dean.
Not because they are stuck in the grief.
Because Dean would haunt them if they stopped living.
Allie is fast, fearless, sassy, and stupidly talented. Australia never gave her many chances to chase ice hockey seriously, but when UCLA's women's team loses its star player right before the season, Allie gets the call that changes everything.
She flies to Los Angeles.
And lands straight in Ace Carter's world.
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Ace Carter
Twenty-one. UCLA men's hockey star forward. NHL-bound. Tattooed. Baby blue eyes. Brown hair. Cocky smile.
He is the king of campus and he knows it.
Ace Carter does not chase girls.
Girls chase Ace Carter.
He has never heard the word no and taken it seriously.
He is charming, arrogant, talented, filthy-minded, and allergic to love. He does hookups, not feelings. Bedsheets, not breakfast. He has half the campus in his phone and zero interest in changing.
Until Allie Jacobs walks into the rink like she owns the ice.
And looks at him like he is not special.
Which, naturally, drives him insane.