She’s focused on winning gold. He wants to lose the player tag. Can a fake relationship become something real? Aussie short track skater Holly Travers has one goal - make the Vancouver Games, no matter what it takes. She has no time for distractions, even if they come in the handsome form of her Canadian best friend’s twin brother. This hockey player may say he’s not a player, but can she trust him? Brent Karlsson has one goal - make his sister’s best friend realize he’s a changed man and she should give him a chance. When a set-up in Hawaii helps these two opposites realize they have more in common than they thought, what happens when he wants to turn their fake relationship into something real? And how can a relationship work when these two elite athletes never see each other and live on opposite sides of the world? Love on Ice is the second book in the Original Six hockey romance series, a sweet, slightly sporty, contemporary romance series.

Ginny Perdita has traded in her figure skating costumes for coaching at her home rink after a tragic accident took her sister and brother-in-law, orphaning her young niece and nephew. Thrown into instant parenthood and now unable to compete, she's had to bury her Olympic dreams. Alexei Kriz is starting over after his girlfriend refused to follow him to Colorado Springs to play hockey. Despite that, he's thrilled to have been picked up for the Palmer City Voltage and plans to throw himself into the game and volunteer work with the Flying Stars, a youth team of special athletes who also call the rink home. There, he runs into Ginny - the one who got away. It's been years since Ginny and Alexei first connected back in Sochi. Still frosty that he never called her after the games, Ginny is wary of his intentions and affection for her and the three-year-old twins. Still, she can't ignore the feelings that pull her to the Czech defenseman. When they are assigned to work together for the Flying Stars program fundraiser, Ginny's ice begins to melt as she watches him guide the young players and dote on the twins. Alexei vows to not let her get away forever this time. When she's offered a high-level coaching job in New York, can he warm her heart for a second chance at love?

Hannah Avery is a figure skater who has had everything figured out since she was eleven years old; skate for Erica Summers (the best trainer in her state), become a pair skater with the incredibly talented Francis, win the U.S. Championships, and become a professional. But when tragedy strikes and she breaks her leg, her future hangs in the balance. Francis and Erica abandon her, and the only thing she can do is accept a job at the law firm where her best friend Anya works. When Hannah meets the dashing Andrew on the ice rink near her office, he tries to convince her to get back on the ice, but her fears of falling hold her back. The more Hannah learns about Andrew the more she realizes that he is not only a key to her dream, but also to a life she had never planned.

Tillie Walden's Eisner Award winning graphic memoir Spinning captures what it’s like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know. It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark. Weekends were spent in glitter and tights at competitions. Perform. Smile. And do it again. She was good. She won. And she hated it. For ten years, figure skating was Tillie Walden’s life. She woke before dawn for morning lessons, went straight to group practice after school, and spent weekends competing at ice rinks across the state. Skating was a central piece of her identity, her safe haven from the stress of school, bullies, and family. But as she switched schools, got into art, and fell in love with her first girlfriend, she began to question how the close-minded world of figure skating fit in with the rest of her life, and whether all the work was worth it given the reality: that she, and her friends on the team, were nowhere close to Olympic hopefuls. The more Tillie thought about it, the more Tillie realized she’d outgrown her passion—and she finally needed to find her own voice. This title has Common Core connections. A New York City Public Library Notable Best Book for Teens A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2017 A 2018 YALSA Great Graphic Novel A 2017 Booklist Youth Editors' Choice

Losing a hope-filled dating relationship is a stressful and painful event. And when it seems to occur again, again, and again, is ice cream the only refuge for a Christian single? As one who has walked this road before, author Jackie M. Johnson says an emphatic, "no!" While most books for singles tell readers how to get the next guy, When Love Ends and the Ice Cream Carton is Empty encourages a healthy healing process. Practical and biblically based, each chapter guides the reader through a metaphorical day of restoration. Twilight recognizes and deals with endings, night grieves the loss and heals emotional pain, dawn awakens hope, and day is the new beginning based on the solid assurance of Christ. When Love Ends will help heal your heart--and help change your life. Chapters conclude with discussions questions for individual or group study, helpful Bible verses, and a prayer.

As Vanity, co-owner of a multi-million dollar marketing firm, approached “middle age” she was feeling the tension from all angles. Vanity viewed herself as an overweight woman with a marriage slowly...OK, let’s stops kidding, a marriage crumbling like a cookie under her feet and her nest was empty. Her life was again empty. These days, excitement came from signing new deals and living her fantasy relationship vicariously through her best friend Nicole. ​ When a wealthy restaurateur (Dexter McKnight) came to Vegas, he not only brought a multi-million dollar deal with him, he also brought passion and purpose for life to Vanity. Dexter walked into her life and turned her world upside down, he gave to her soul feelings she thought she had lived lifetimes ago and at this stage, too old to explore. ​ Vanity and Dexter connected in a timeless way, both seeming to be in search of each other without knowing the search was for each other. From Dexter’s first touch, came an awakening of Vanity’s mind, body and soul. There was no going back! Was this a deep need for lust or love, was it a desire that only Dexter could satisfy? The flame lit, Vanity intended for it to burn...and burn it did..

It's true that hockey players break hearts. Sometimes, it's their own. Taylor Ranford has three immediate goals: have a blast on her birthday cruise with her sister, help Team USA win the international cheerleading title, and earn enough money to put herself through grad school. Not part of the plan: her sister getting sick and sending her best friend-and Taylor's longtime crush-in her place. She can't face the only guy she's ever had feelings for treating her like she's his little sister when she really wants so much more. After a big blow to his career-and his ego-and with no immediate plans for the next season, Kingston Brewer jumps at the opportunity to go on a last-minute cruise with the bouncy-ponytailed cheerleading coach. Taylor had always been there when he needed her most, and he holds a soft spot for her in his heart. But after a few days on the ship, Kingston begins to see Taylor as more than just his best friend's little sister. Just when he thinks they can explore a future together, Kingston gets THE call from his agent. Now he has to make one of the most difficult choices in his personal and professional life. Will he give up the professional chance of a lifetime for a chance with the girl he's fallen head-over-skates for?