Checking Hearts
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Jeana Brown was supposed to have it all.
A future in hockey.
A captain's legacy.
A dream that was finally within reach.
Then one devastating injury changed everything.
Now, instead of wearing a jersey, she's standing behind the bench as Silver Ridge Academy's hockey team manager--watching everyone else live the life she lost. She keeps her head down, her clipboard full, and everyone at arm's length. It's easier that way.
Then Adam Bast transfers in.
He's loud where she's quiet.
Cocky where she's cautious.
The kind of player who believes every problem has a solution.
Including her.
As practices turn into arguments, arguments turn into late-night conversations, and rivalry slowly becomes something neither of them expected, Jeana is forced to face the one thing she's been avoiding for a year:
The ice.
Because sometimes healing isn't about forgetting what happened.
Sometimes it's about finding the courage to step back onto the ice.
Checking Hearts is a young adult sports romance about healing, found family, second chances, and discovering that sometimes the person who changes your life is the one you never wanted on your team.
Because sometimes the hardest game you'll ever play...
is the one waiting for you after the final buzzer.
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