Between Ice And Us

Everyone thinks living with four famous hockey players sounds like a fairytale.
For nineteen-year-old Isabelle Laurent, it's more like a full-contact nightmare.
After her apartment lease falls apart two months before Olympic trials, Isabelle has no choice but to move into the off-campus hockey house owned by her best friend's older brother, Noah Callahan-the arrogant, maddening captain of the university's championship hockey team.
Now she's sharing a bathroom with his teammates, fighting for freezer space between protein shakes and frozen pizzas, and trying not to lose her mind every time Noah walks around shirtless like he owns the place.
Which, unfortunately, he does.
Isabelle has spent her entire life working toward one goal: earning a spot on the Olympic figure skating team.
Meanwhile, as the star captain of the university hockey team-and the campus heartthrob-Noah can't go anywhere without attention following him, and NHL scouts have started questioning whether he's focused enough to lead professionally.
The last thing either of them can afford are distractions.
So he comes up with a solution neither of them likes:
Fake date each other until the season ends.
Pretending should've been easy.
Except Noah starts waiting outside the rink after every practice without being asked. He notices when her hands shake after another anonymous message appears in her locker, and he's the only person who can calm her down when her fear gets too real.
At the same time, Isabelle begins seeing the side of Noah nobody else does-the exhaustion hidden beneath the cocky charm, the pressure of carrying an entire team on his back, and the quiet way he always puts everyone else first.
The closer they get, the more their fake relationship starts feeling dangerously real.
Because falling for her best friend's older brother was never part of the plan.
And neither was discovering that the person watching her may be far closer than either of them ever expected.