Embrace — Love in Secret

Kian Ishida only cares about parties, ice hockey, and living in the moment. He is the team's star player. But when he realizes that his direct path to the NHL depends on finishing college — his late father's last wish —, he finds himself forced to make up for lost credits. Desperate for help, Kian joins a study group led by none other than Scarlett Kilner. She is as brilliant as she is attractive. The only problem? He still has no idea who she is.

Scarlett Kilner carries the weight of a difficult reputation. In her final year of college, all she wants is to prove that she is much more than the mistakes of her past and graduate without tarnishing her father's respectable name. But when Kian Ishida joins her study group, her perfectly controlled plans begin to fall apart.
What starts as simple academic explanations quickly turns into something much more dangerous.

Between knowing glances in the hallways and lingering touches in the library, an electric and completely unexpected connection is born. However, the red line that separates them is about to be crossed: Scarlett is Kian's coach's daughter.
With the ice beginning to melt beneath his feet, Kian will have to make the hardest decision of his life: choose the dream he has worked for all his life or the girl he never expected to meet.

Embrace is proof that sometimes, the most important rule is the one we are desperate to break.