Love on Ice

Harper Conrad believes that when opportunity knocks, smart girls answer. So when she finds Easton Westermann — the star of the high school hockey team — in her backyard, having just stolen the rival school's mascot and crash-landed a prank that was never going to work, she knows exactly what to do with him.

The terms are clear. She keeps quiet about what she saw; he takes her to prom. Neither of them pretends it is anything other than a trade. The trouble with spending weeks performing a relationship is that the performance stops requiring effort, and by the time either of them notices, the bargain has quietly become the least interesting thing between them.

Love on Ice is Sara Ney's first young-adult novel — a fake-dating rom-com set around a high school hockey team, warm and funny rather than dramatic, and clean enough for younger teen readers. Published by Delacorte Romance for ages 14 and up.