Torch Lit Ink is celebrating this dark academia romance from Smardline S. with a Kickstarter book tour event.

📆 Book Tour Dates : Nov 3 – Nov 7

𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒃: 

She’s the figure skater. He’s the hockey player. And the only thing more dangerous than falling for each other… is the truth buried beneath the ice.

Welcome to Valcérre. An elite university in the middle of the snowy mountains with the best hockey and figure skating programs in the world, and secrets no one talks about.

Luna Del Sol is the new figure skater trying to prove she belongs. As a Black Latina, she’s used to pressure. To skate like she has something to prove.She didn’t come here to get distracted, but she wasn’t ready for Valcérre’s broody hockey star, who calls her an ice princess on her first day, like she’s just another pretty face, as if she didn’t fight for every opportunity she’s ever had. She hates him for it.

Zayden Aldenhurst is the coach’s son, a legacy hockey star, and the only Black player on the team. Everyone thinks he has it all, but he’s just good at pretending. Until Luna walks in like a storm and reminds him of the things he tried to bury, and everything he shouldn’t want.They’re supposed to hate each other until an anonymous message leads them to a hidden rink where a student died five years ago.  No matter how hard they try to stay away, they are drawn back together like magnets. And the closer they get, the thinner the ice beneath them becomes. One crack, and everything could shatter.

For fans of ICEBREAKER meets A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER—at an elite, gothic university with buried secrets.

Tropes:

Figure skater X hockey player

Dark academia 

Underdog FMC

Broody MC

Mutual pinning 

Secret relationship 

Murder mystery 

Hidden secrets 

Elite university

Content Warnings: 

This story includes off-page mentions of suicide, child neglect, and emotional abuse.

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