Star Crossed Skates
(2026)(The fourth book in the Seattle Puckaneers series)
A novel by Tisha Patrick
Rodriguez has established himself as the Seattle Puckaneers' most charming player.
When a chance encounter with a local figure skater leaves him completely iced out, he's determined to know why she's the only person who won't give him the time of day. After months of tentative friendship he finally gets a shot when she needs a date to her sister's wedding. One weekend in Toronto pretending to be hers? He'd fly across the country for far less.
Juliette Chastain knows better than to trust hockey players.
But when she finds out that her ex-boyfriend will be bringing his new fiancée to her sister's wedding desperation makes her do something reckless: she asks the one man she's been trying to avoid for help.
What starts as an elaborate performance becomes dangerously real. The notes he leaves on her pillow. The way he looks at her when no one's watching. The kiss that was supposed to be for show but feels like far more.
Back home, the fake relationship has become the most real thing either of them has experienced. But she's terrified of getting burned again, and he's a professional athlete whose life is chaos and uncertainty.
When pretending becomes impossible, they'll have to decide: is love worth the risk when everything feels too good to be true?
Genre: Romance
When a chance encounter with a local figure skater leaves him completely iced out, he's determined to know why she's the only person who won't give him the time of day. After months of tentative friendship he finally gets a shot when she needs a date to her sister's wedding. One weekend in Toronto pretending to be hers? He'd fly across the country for far less.
Juliette Chastain knows better than to trust hockey players.
But when she finds out that her ex-boyfriend will be bringing his new fiancée to her sister's wedding desperation makes her do something reckless: she asks the one man she's been trying to avoid for help.
What starts as an elaborate performance becomes dangerously real. The notes he leaves on her pillow. The way he looks at her when no one's watching. The kiss that was supposed to be for show but feels like far more.
Back home, the fake relationship has become the most real thing either of them has experienced. But she's terrified of getting burned again, and he's a professional athlete whose life is chaos and uncertainty.
When pretending becomes impossible, they'll have to decide: is love worth the risk when everything feels too good to be true?
Genre: Romance