"I love you," Max Logan says, breathless and unguarded in front of the entire roaring stadium, and Rory Ashford finally stops running from the truth she's denied all season. ++++++++++++++ One reckless night at thirty thousand feet was never supposed to follow Max Logan and Rory Ashford back to solid ground. But when Max signs with the very hockey team Rory's father owns, the stranger she can't forget becomes the player she's ordered to control. Between a hidden assault Max refuses to explain, a jealous coworker spreading vicious rumors, and a father who would destroy them both if the truth ever surfaced, Max and Rory are forced to choose between duty and desire in front of an entire league watching their every move. *Against the Ice* is a forbidden sports romance about redemption, buried trauma, and love that refuses to stay quiet. How long can Max Logan and Rory Ashford keep a secret this big buried? And when the truth finally breaks, will it cost them everything, or finally set them free?