To Harper Davenport, the luxurious estate she grew up on always seemed like a gilded cage. When the young ice dancer fails to shine at the famous iSkate school in Aspen, her parents are deeply disappointed.
One day, Harper meets handsome Olympic champion Everett McLoughlin, and immediately feels like he's her soul mate. But her hopes melt away like snowflakes when she discovers that he's her new coach. Coach-athlete relationships are strictly forbidden at iSkate.
Determined to keep their relationship strictly professional, Everett starts distancing himself from Harper, but she knows it's only because he doesn't want to risk both their careers. She, too, tries all she can not to think of him—but can't help yearning to be close to him. What Harper doesn't know is that there are other, darker reasons for Everett to stay away from her...
Bestselling author Ayla Dade was born in 1994 and lives with her family in northern Germany. She has won the hearts of her readers with her new adult romances, each of them a Der Spiegel bestseller that remains in the top ranks for weeks. She studied law, but spends every spare minute she has writing. She is a popular book blogger, and fills the pages of her novels with tumultuous feelings, secrets and intrigue, love and spice. When she isn't dreaming about the world of her books, she spends her time playing sports and snuggling up in front of the fireplace with a good book.