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The Ice Between Us: An off-Limits Opposites Attract Sports Romance
I only planned to stay in Willow Cove long enough to outrun the mistakes I made and the life I left behind. A quiet winter. A new job. Just a chance to finally breathe.
What I did not expect is him.
Jon Paul Hayes.
The hometown hero everyone seems to admire and blame in the same breath. He carries a bruised heart and a stubborn streak that rises to meet mine every time we cross paths. He gets under my skin from the moment I step into The Willow Bean Café, and somehow he is everywhere I turn.
We start as friction. Cold fronts clashing. Words that spark, and silences that say too much. I swear I am not strong enough to stand in the storm he brings.
But then, slowly, something shifts.
It happens in the quiet moments. A fence line repaired in the cold. Shared coffee before sunrise. The way he looks at me, like he sees more than the careful walls I hold around myself. As if he knows what it feels like to be broken and still trying.
Now winter deepens. The past presses closer. And I find myself asking a question I never meant to face.
Can two people who lost themselves in the darkness ever learn to thaw again in the light?
The choice feels terrifying.
Because letting him in might be the one thing that finally saves me.
Or the one thing that shatters me for good.
What I did not expect is him.
Jon Paul Hayes.
The hometown hero everyone seems to admire and blame in the same breath. He carries a bruised heart and a stubborn streak that rises to meet mine every time we cross paths. He gets under my skin from the moment I step into The Willow Bean Café, and somehow he is everywhere I turn.
We start as friction. Cold fronts clashing. Words that spark, and silences that say too much. I swear I am not strong enough to stand in the storm he brings.
But then, slowly, something shifts.
It happens in the quiet moments. A fence line repaired in the cold. Shared coffee before sunrise. The way he looks at me, like he sees more than the careful walls I hold around myself. As if he knows what it feels like to be broken and still trying.
Now winter deepens. The past presses closer. And I find myself asking a question I never meant to face.
Can two people who lost themselves in the darkness ever learn to thaw again in the light?
The choice feels terrifying.
Because letting him in might be the one thing that finally saves me.
Or the one thing that shatters me for good.
210 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 25, 2025
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