Through the Ice: An Enemies to Lovers Hockey Romance (Central State Hockey Book 1)

He ended her brother’s hockey season. Now she has to trust him with her patients.Nursing student Audrey Hawthorne has every reason to hate Theo Sanders. His brutal hit ended her brother’s season, and she’s spent months making sure the charming hockey star knows exactly where she stands.Then she gets her senior clinical assignment.Same ICU team. Same long shifts.

The one person she wanted to avoid.Audrey intends to keep things strictly professional. But it’s hard to hold on to her image of Theo as the villain when she sees how much he cares—and how much he’s carrying.Behind the easy smile is a nursing student juggling hockey, clinicals, and raising his younger siblings after his mother’s stroke. Theo is used to people seeing only part of his life. With Audrey, he wants to be understood.Long shifts turn into late-night confessions.

The person Audrey couldn’t stand becomes the one she counts on. And somewhere between learning to trust Theo and discovering everything he’s kept hidden, she starts wanting something she has no idea how to explain to her brother.Her brother is the only family she has left. How can she tell him she’s falling for the man who hurt him?A steamy, standalone college hockey romance featuring enemies to lovers, forced proximity, nursing-school clinical partners, and a sunshine hero raising his siblings.