Fake Skating: From the no. 1 bestselling author of Better than the Movies

From the no. 1 international bestselling author of Better than the Movies, childhood sweethearts reunite in a hockey-loving town where romance is about to heat up the ice. 
From play dates on the playground to sneaking into movie theatres, Dani and Alec were inseparable as kids. Until Dani moved away. Years later, Dani is back in Minnesota, and exited to reconnect with the nerdy and comforting Alec. But teenage Alec is NOTHING like the boy she remembers. He’s the hockey STAR in a town where hockey players are worshipped as gods – and he loves it. 
When one thing leads to another and Dani and Alec find themselves thrown together and playing the role of boyfriend and girlfriend, “complicated” becomes an understatement. In this Minnesota town, hockey may rule, but romance is about to take its place.
A swoony, boy-next-door fake dating romance from the New York Times bestseller, Lynn Painter.
 

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Children’s UK
Publication date ‏ : ‎ 30 Sept. 2025
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1398537861
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1398537866
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 499 g
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 2.64 x 19.8 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 1,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 1 in Fiction About Winter Sports for Young Adults 1 in Books on Winter Sports for Young Adults 3 in Contemporary Romance for Young Adults
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