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Colliding Ambition

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Book 1 in the Colliding Series

One Dream, Two Ambitions

Katherine Mitchell has grown up around
 hockey, with her father being a hockey 
legend, James  Mitchell. it was a given 
Katherine would grow up to play 
professional hockey. Katherine transfers 
to Delcour University, but the hockey 
season has already started, so when 
she gets an email from the Coach to 
the boys hockey team, Katherine is 
curious. What Katherine doesn't know 
is she's about to get offered a spot on 
the boys hockey team. But what she 
doesn't expect is the captain to hate 
her, or rather hate the idea of a girl on 
the team. 



Rohan Griffin is the captain of the 
Delcour University boys hockey team. 
Rohan has grown up with one dream, 
play professional hockey. After joining 
the draft, all is going well for Rohan,
 he's playing at his best, school just 
started, he lives with his bestfriends, 
he's having fun. That is until Coach 
offers Katherine Mitchell a spot on the 
boys team. Now Rohan is convinced 
Katherine will cause the team to loose.

What happens when they realize 
they're feelings for each other?

~Dual POV
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