Worth The Wait

The ice skater and the hockey player. Lucie Basille is chasing history. As a two-time Olympic figure skating champion, she's determined to win a third gold medal and cement her legacy. With just months to go before the Winter Games, everything seems on track-until her long-time partner abruptly quits, leaving her without a teammate and her Olympic dream in jeopardy.

River Prescott has just suffered the worst setback of his career. A star hockey player with three World Cup titles, he's sidelined by an injury that threatens to keep him off the ice for the rest of the season-and maybe forever. Frustrated and searching for purpose, he heads home to regroup, only to run into the one person he hoped to avoid: Lucie Basille.

Lucie and River have hated each other since high school. Their mutual disdain stems from a humiliating moment during a skating competition that neither of them can forget. But when Lucie's coach suggests an unconventional solution-teaming up with River to salvage her Olympic bid-they're forced to set aside their animosity.

The idea is crazy, but River agrees. His skating skills are solid, thanks to years of hockey, and Lucie has no other options. What starts as a desperate arrangement quickly turns into the challenge of a lifetime as River is thrust into Lucie's grueling world of figure skating.

As they train for the Olympics, they face daunting obstacles: River must learn the technical demands of pairs skating, Lucie struggles to trust a partner she swore she'd never speak to again, and both wrestle with the undeniable chemistry simmering between them.

When the Winter Games arrive, their bond is tested like never before. Can they pull off the performance of a lifetime and bring home gold-or will the weight of their past and the pressure of the Olympics tear them apart?