Cassandra Lane was once the ice queen of Northside High, team captain, town hero, and the girl who made hockey look like poetry. But after her brother’s sudden death, the rink turned cold, and so did her heart. She quit the game, buried her dreams, and disappeared into the quiet shadows of her family’s pizza shop.Then George Hale transfers in.He’s sharp-tongued, effortlessly skilled, and everything Cassandra resents. Worse, he takes her old position and wears the number that once belonged to her brother. The team worships him. The coach thinks he’s the future. And Cassandra? She wants nothing to do with him.But when a new championship opportunity arises, the coach pushes her to return. Forced to train side by side with George, old instincts flare, and so does the tension. Heated locker room fights turn into long nights skating under floodlights. Enemies start to unravel. Secrets slip through the cracks. And in the middle of grief, guilt, and growing desire, Cassandra starts to rediscover the fire she thought she’d lost.As whispers of romance spread and jealous teammates plot against her, Cassandra faces her biggest challenge yet: trusting herself again. George may be hiding more than he lets on, and Cassandra’s heart isn’t ready to be broken twice.Set against the backdrop of icy arenas and high-stakes tournaments, Delicate as Dawn is a powerful story of healing, ambition, and the kind of love that only reveals itself when everything else falls apart.