Off the Ice (Central State #4)
Jaqueline Snowe
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
3.75
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 23 ratings · 304 pages · Published: 11 Oct 2022
Elle Van Helsing wants to start her life away from home. Constantly living under the shadow of her brother, she plans to find romance and survive on her own: even if its financially harder than she thought. Getting a job at a dive bar three doors down from her new place is the perfect solution. Well, it was, until the owner has a family emergency and asks his nephew to help out in his absence. The guy she used to have a crush on until he ruined it.
Cal Holt might be a legend on the ice, but off it? He’s alone and likes to keep it that way. It’s easier to protect himself when he’s always a jerk, but the one person who gets under his skin is Elle. Torn between wanting to get to know her and pushing her away, he’s surprised when he learns she hates him. She looked at him differently the year before, and now that they’re stuck managing a bar for a few weeks, tensions rise.
She’s a hopeless romantic who wants grand gestures and sees the world through rose-colored glasses. He’s a grumpy cynic with a permanent scowl. She dreams of love, and he wants a one-night stand. She plans to build a life on campus, and he plans to leave and head to the NHL. Complete opposites in every way, they shift from enemies to friends…but Cal refuses to fall in love, and Elle deserves more. For the girl who never felt enough and the guy terrified to feel, fear might ruin their chance at finding love.
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- new adult 3
- contemporary 3
- grumpy & sunshine 3
- friends to lovers 3
- workplace/office 3
- college 3
- sports 3
- forced proximity 3
- enemies to lovers 3
- dual pov 2
- found family 2
- hockey 2
- m-f romance 1
- sweet/gentle heroine 1
- competent heroine 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- tortured hero 1
- athlete hero 1
- rich hero 1
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- content warnings
- death / grief 1
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The 'Central State' series
3.84 · 53 ratings
contemporary · new adult · explicit-open-door · dual-pov · m-f · sports · friends to lovers · length-medium · athletes · sweet-hero · competent heroine · sweet heroine · hockey · from hate to love · grovel · caretaking · independent heroine · death · college · friends-benefits
Central State reading order and complete book list ❯
