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where the ice melts

Elgabri Lu
Elgabri Lu11 stories
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Story Notes

Dear Reader,

This isn’t just a story about hockey.

It’s a story about falling—sometimes on the ice, sometimes for the wrong person at the wrong time... and sometimes for the right one, just a little too late.

Where the Ice Melts is what happens when two former teenage figure skating sweethearts reunite years later—with more emotional bruises, slightly better hair, and just enough unresolved feelings to fill a stadium.

There are awkward silences, accidental hand brushes, team dinners that feel suspiciously like dates, and snow angels that lead to something a little more... heart-thumpy. It’s a rom-com about second chances, slow dances in hockey gear, and how love—like skating—is mostly about finding someone who doesn’t mind if you fall.

So grab your coziest sweater, maybe a hot cocoa (or three), and get ready to laugh, swoon, and believe in love again—even if it’s wearing skates.

Game on,

Elgabri Lumocso

Summary

Twelve years ago, Eliot Harrow let the love of his life slip away—and onto the ice. Now a sportswriter who’s more jaded than he’d like to admit, he’s forced to return to the rink for a reunion game he never saw coming—and definitely doesn’t want to play. Marina Bellecourt has worked her butt off to climb the ranks in the male-dominated world of hockey. The last thing she needs is to face the guy who never even had the decency to say goodbye. She’s over it, or at least that’s what she keeps telling herself. But when fate throws them together for one last game, all the old sparks—and a whole lot of awkward tension—come rushing back. With each pass and slapshot, their unresolved chemistry turns up the heat, leaving them to question everything they thought they knew about the other... and themselves. In a world of misfired shots, forgotten promises, and second chances, can Eliot and Marina find their way back to love? Or will the final buzzer sound before they get the chance to make it right? It’s a game of hearts, hockey, and humor—where the penalty for running away might just be a second chance at love.

Genre
Romance
Author
Elgabri Lu
Status
Complete
Chapters
26
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
16+

Prologue

Eliot stood in front of Marina, a hockey puck in hand, grinning. “I’m supposed to say, ‘Good luck,’ right?”

Marina raised an eyebrow, crossing her arms. “Or... you could say, ‘I believe in you.’”

His smile softened, eyes sincere as he stepped closer. “I believe in you.”

Her heart skipped. “You really do, don’t you?”

He nodded, voice low, “More than anything.”

In that moment, with nothing but the quiet of the rink around them, Marina’s world shifted. No more walls, no more distance—just the undeniable pull between them.

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