by Melissa Baldwin
**It’s the season of falling leaves and quiet change. For Isabella Martin, it feels like everything she’s built is slipping out of reach.** A sudden injury halts her ballroom dance career and sends her to a new city to stay with family, far from the life she knows. As she struggles to figure out what comes next, she meets Austin, a driven hockey player for the Carolina Bears. Their connection is instant, easy, and impossible to ignore. The only problem is that Isabella never meant to stay. The
Genres: Rom-Com
Tropes: Fake Relationship, Hockey
214 pages
Published: 2026-08-27