Collide by Bal Khabra
Anna’s Review:
As an ice hockey romance lover first, and a human second, I’ve spent a long-time trying to find new ice hockey romances that are as good as some of my most beloved classics of the subgenre, like the works of Elle Kennedy and Hannah Grace. And nothing came close for a long time… until Bal Khabra’s Collide.
An intoxicating, sexy page-turner, Collide is a fresh iteration of the classic jock x tutor trope that continues to make for some of the most enduring opposites attract literary love stories.
Forced together on a college research project when psychology student summer is tasked with studying an athlete, this black cat x golden retriever duo immediately butt heads and ultimately make for one of the year’s steamiest and angstiest slow burns that revitalizes the college ice hockey romance.
Synopsis:
When Summer Preston’s professor issues her with an ultimatum, she finds herself on an unexpected collision course with hockey captain, Aiden Crawford. Summer hates everything about hockey, for good reason, but she isn’t going to let that stand in the way of her becoming a sports psychologist.
Aiden loves being the hockey captain, except when his team’s reckless mistakes risk jeopardizing their entire season. When coach puts him forward for a research paper as punishment, he has no choice but to accept.
Summer can't stand his blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn't understand her uptight, scheduled one. They are off to a rocky start, and provoking each other – it turns out – is what they do best.
But losing isn't something either of them does well. Maybe there’s a way for both of them to win?
Anna’s Review:
As an ice hockey romance lover first, and a human second, I’ve spent a long-time trying to find new ice hockey romances that are as good as some of my most beloved classics of the subgenre, like the works of Elle Kennedy and Hannah Grace. And nothing came close for a long time… until Bal Khabra’s Collide.
An intoxicating, sexy page-turner, Collide is a fresh iteration of the classic jock x tutor trope that continues to make for some of the most enduring opposites attract literary love stories.
Forced together on a college research project when psychology student summer is tasked with studying an athlete, this black cat x golden retriever duo immediately butt heads and ultimately make for one of the year’s steamiest and angstiest slow burns that revitalizes the college ice hockey romance.
Synopsis:
When Summer Preston’s professor issues her with an ultimatum, she finds herself on an unexpected collision course with hockey captain, Aiden Crawford. Summer hates everything about hockey, for good reason, but she isn’t going to let that stand in the way of her becoming a sports psychologist.
Aiden loves being the hockey captain, except when his team’s reckless mistakes risk jeopardizing their entire season. When coach puts him forward for a research paper as punishment, he has no choice but to accept.
Summer can't stand his blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn't understand her uptight, scheduled one. They are off to a rocky start, and provoking each other – it turns out – is what they do best.
But losing isn't something either of them does well. Maybe there’s a way for both of them to win?
Anna’s Review:
As an ice hockey romance lover first, and a human second, I’ve spent a long-time trying to find new ice hockey romances that are as good as some of my most beloved classics of the subgenre, like the works of Elle Kennedy and Hannah Grace. And nothing came close for a long time… until Bal Khabra’s Collide.
An intoxicating, sexy page-turner, Collide is a fresh iteration of the classic jock x tutor trope that continues to make for some of the most enduring opposites attract literary love stories.
Forced together on a college research project when psychology student summer is tasked with studying an athlete, this black cat x golden retriever duo immediately butt heads and ultimately make for one of the year’s steamiest and angstiest slow burns that revitalizes the college ice hockey romance.
Synopsis:
When Summer Preston’s professor issues her with an ultimatum, she finds herself on an unexpected collision course with hockey captain, Aiden Crawford. Summer hates everything about hockey, for good reason, but she isn’t going to let that stand in the way of her becoming a sports psychologist.
Aiden loves being the hockey captain, except when his team’s reckless mistakes risk jeopardizing their entire season. When coach puts him forward for a research paper as punishment, he has no choice but to accept.
Summer can't stand his blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn't understand her uptight, scheduled one. They are off to a rocky start, and provoking each other – it turns out – is what they do best.
But losing isn't something either of them does well. Maybe there’s a way for both of them to win?