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When the Ice Breaks
Paperback
Publisher: Thornfire Publishing Co
Published: Mar 17 2026
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Sometimes the bravest comeback is choosing to stay.
Nova Clark was once America's ice princess-until a devastating fall and a public betrayal ended more than her season. Now she's hiding at Cloudrest Recovery Center in the Colorado mountains, determined to heal in private and never trust a partner-on or off the ice-again.
Reid Mallory didn't come to Cloudrest for complications. The steady, guarded physical therapist has rebuilt his life around discipline and emotional distance-and falling for a world-famous skater who plans to leave the moment she's strong enough isn't part of the plan.
But quiet training sessions turn into late-night conversations. What began as professional care slowly becomes something harder to name. And in the safety of being truly seen, something deeper begins to thaw.
For the first time, Nova isn't performing.
And Reid isn't bracing for goodbye.
But when Nova's old fears resurface and she retreats instead of reaching, Reid is forced to confront the truth about the walls he's built-distance has always been safer than staying.
Now Nova must decide: return to the version of herself the world expects... or stay long enough to become someone new.
A closed-door, slow-burn sports romance about public failure, private healing, and choosing love after the applause fades.
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