Breakaway

Everyone at Lakewood University knows Chris Mercer. Campus troublemaker.

The guy professors avoid and opponents love to hate.
To everyone else, Chris is just another hot-headed athlete one bad decision away from throwing his future away. Sutton Callahan isn't interested in any of that.
The School Psychology major has spent her life looking beyond first impressions, and she has no intention of becoming another name on the hockey captain's list.
But somewhere between late-night coffee runs, stolen glances across campus, and the quiet moments no one else gets to see...

She realizes the boy everyone fears is carrying a pain no one ever noticed.
Chris Mercer has spent years outrunning the ghosts of his past.
Sutton might be the first person who's ever made him want to stop running.
But some secrets refuse to stay buried.

And when one night on the ice threatens to destroy everything Chris has worked for, he'll have to decide if he's willing to lose the only person who's ever seen the man beneath the reputation.

Sometimes the hardest battle isn't on the ice.
Sometimes it's learning how to let someone love you.