Fake Dates & Ice Skates

Name: Fake Dates & Ice Skates
Author: Janisha Boswell

137 pages

Wren loves routines. She has always been a woman to sticks by a schedule and work towards her end goal no matter the costs. Whether that means dating the same guy she’s been with since high school or skating until her feet or sore, Wren will never back down from a challenge. The very last thing in her five year plan was to get caught in a fake dating plot with the one hockey player she just about tolerates. Miles Davis and Wren Hackerly could not be more opposite. Miles is a rule-breaker and a flirt – everything that Wren is not used to and does not want to get used to. It doesn’t help that he’s also one of the most popular guys to ever set foot onto North University’s grounds.

Wren has always loved to skate – more like her mom has loved that she skates – so, when she’s about to get kicked off the team because of her latest scandal, she has to devise a plan to stay there. After being dropped by her last partner during regionals, embarrassment followed her around every corner and every social media platform. With a limited time scale, Wren needs to find a way to help people at NU fall back in love with skating and with her too so the crumbling skating team don’t get their budget removed. Miles Davis, on the other hand, has just lost his best friend and is dealing with constant family drama which send him into a downward spiral of drinking and self pity. His coach finally tells him that enough is enough and Miles is benched until he can prove that he’s ready to play again. He owes it to Carter and himself to get their team into the championships but he can’t do that when his mind is everywhere but on the ice.

With Wren’s vigorous work out routines, it makes sense that she can help Miles get back into shape to play while he can elevate her social status at NU. To Miles, the plan is perfect: he’ll get to hang out with the girl he can’t shake his attraction to and the possibility of being able to compete in the championships could be salvaged. For Wren, there is one major problem: she can’t stand hockey players. After much convincing, a few parties and an awkward family meeting later, Wren and Miles navigate the world of social media trolls and the harsh truths of living up to their potential. The more time Wren spends with him, she can slowly feel herself slipping out of the mould she has been in her entire life. For the most part, she kind of enjoys it, but there is a gnawing feeling like this is what is going to distract them from their goals. When the line between what’s real and what’s fake begins to blur, will either of them admit to feeling things that aren’t just pretend?

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