The Ice Out - Paperback

Violet Amin, a third-year psychology PhD student and teaching assistant at Westchester University, just wants to make it an entire year without adding on any emotional wounds. Between her countless papers to grade, fellowships to apply for, and lattes to ingest, there is no time left to make peace with her past rejections - her father's, her old boss's, and her ex's. But everything changes when Mason Hayes, Violet's childhood best friend-turned-lover-turned-stranger, steps into her office and asks for another chance to be with her.

In his twenty eight years, Mason Hayes has gotten to know failure all too well. After a fateful head injury stripped him of his NHL career, Mason finds himself back in the very arena where he got his start in Boston as a hockey player, trading his past stardom for an opportunity to train the next generation. But he struggles to get his footing and battles imposter syndrome as a coach. When he discovers one of his players is failing his psychology class, Mason tries to help and goes to talk to the teaching assistant. He never expected to see Violet again after the weekend in Chicago that ended their longtime friendship.

With Violet and Mason now forced to work together to help Westchester's star player get his grade in line, Violet can't help but feel pulled to Mason's old charms and his stupid, handsome, face. Still, she refuses to let down her guard. As his chance to regain Violet's trust fades, Mason is determined to do whatever it takes to get the love of his life back. Can this veteran hockey player survive...The Ice Out?