Lexi Davis has never needed the spotlight-it's always found her anyway.
boston College's womens' ice hockey captain and top offensive weapon, Lexi is redefining what it means to be a threat on the ice. balancing division I hockey with the demands of law school, she skates with precision, discipline, and a quiet intensity that leaves defenders scrambling. she's high honors and high expectations with no room for mistakes.
growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, her name has always carried weight. everyone knows the davis siblings. her older brother anchors the blue line as a star player for the washington capitals, while Lexi carved her own path on frozen rinks and playing on boys' teams when there was no place for her yet, except earning the trust and respect shift by shift. hockey was never optional. it was survival.
her constant? danielle-her roommate, best friend, and the Lady Eagles' unshakeable goaltender. together, they've built a life around early mornings, late nights, and a shared understanding that the ice doesn't forgive weakness.
then, everything changes.
a single call places Lexi on Team USA's roster for the 2026 winter olympics.
milan is bigger, louder, and colder than anything she's known-but it's there, beneath the pressure of the crest and the weight of a nation's expectations, that she collides with something she never planned for: the NHL's most talked about heart throb and a star forward on the New Jersey Devils.
focused, guarded, and unwilling to be distracted-Lexi knows the risks of letting anyone past her defenses. but olympic ice has a way of exposing cracks.
as the games intensify and emotions blur the lines between ambition and desire, Lexi must decide what she's willing to sacrifice for gold and what might be worth melting the walls she's built.
will the heat of the moment change everything? or will she hold the line and stay frozen solid?
She only wanted her mother's locket fixed. Instead, the jeweler hands her a gold chain with a cross she didn't recognize-and it ends up changing everything. When she messages the owner to return it, she doesn't expect the guy on the other end to be charming, secretive, and ridiculously easy to talk to. She especially doesn't expect him to be Joseph Woll-the Maple Leafs goalie she's ranted about online more than once.
But maybe fate has a better sense of humor than she thought.