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Cold Ice, Warm Heart: A Grumpy Sunshine Hockey Romance with Forced Proximity and Secret Feelings
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 12 2026
Pages: 286
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He was the last man she should fall for.
Cold. Guarded. Infuriating.
The kind of man who built walls so high nobody could reach him.
She was sunshine wrapped in determination, a woman who believed every frozen heart held a spark somewhere beneath the ice.
Getting trapped together was never part of the plan.
Falling for each other was even worse.
Maya Ellis has spent years building a career, proving herself, and keeping everyone around her happy. She knows how to manage chaos, solve problems, and smile through almost anything.
Luka Kane is different.
The star hockey defenseman carries scars no one sees, pain he refuses to share, and a reputation for pushing people away before they get too close.
When work forces them together on a charity campaign, sparks fly immediately.
Not the romantic kind.
The dangerous kind.
The kind that turns frustration into obsession and tension into something impossible to ignore.
When Maya Ellis is assigned to work directly with Aurora Blades hockey star Luka Kane, she expects long meetings, impossible schedules, and endless arguments.
What she doesn't expect is the man hiding beneath the icy exterior.
As a winter charity campaign throws them together, Maya and Luka find themselves sharing road trips, late-night planning sessions, unexpected conversations, and moments neither of them can forget.
The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the chemistry simmering beneath every argument.
But Luka's past still haunts him.
And Maya has spent her entire life protecting her heart behind a smile.
As feelings deepen and walls begin to crack, both must decide whether love is worth the risk-or whether some hearts are safer left frozen.
Filled with emotional tension, witty banter, unforgettable chemistry, forced proximity, slow-burn romance, and heart-melting vulnerability, Cold Ice, Warm Heart is a captivating hockey romance that proves sometimes the coldest hearts love the hardest.
What Readers Will Love- Grumpy hockey star and sunshine heroine
- Forced proximity and road-trip tension
- Slow-burn romance packed with emotional payoff
- Protective hero with hidden vulnerabilities
- Strong independent heroine readers will adore
- Workplace romance with irresistible chemistry
- Heartwarming moments, witty banter, and unforgettable emotions
Readers who love hockey romance, grumpy sunshine relationships, emotional slow burns, protective heroes, forced proximity, workplace romance, and deeply satisfying happily-ever-afters.
Some hearts are frozen for a reason.
Some people are worth melting for.
Scroll up and grab your copy of Cold Ice, Warm Heart today and fall in love with a romance that will leave you smiling long after the final page.
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