Embrace: (Off the Ice / Dalton University #4) by Bal Khabra

A swoony new Dalton University romance where a party-loving hockey star and a determined senior collide at the worst possible time—and can’t stop crossing lines they swore they wouldn’t. Embrace blends campus vibes, academic pressure, and slow-burn tension as two people trying to protect their futures find something that feels bigger than the plan.

Kian Ishida lives for hockey, parties, and the moment—until reality hits: he’s headed toward the NHL without finishing his degree, the one thing his late dad wanted for him. Determined to make up his last credits, Kian joins a study group led by Scarlett Kilner—brilliant, gorgeous, and exactly the kind of focused person he’s never been able to keep up with. One problem: he doesn’t realize she’s his coach’s daughter.

Scarlett wants a clean senior year. After past mistakes and a reputation she’s tired of carrying, she’s determined to prove she’s more than the headlines and graduate without tarnishing her father’s well-respected name. Then Kian—one of her dad’s star players—walks into her study group and makes “simple” impossible.

As Scarlett helps Kian, their sessions shift from academic to electric: stolen glances, lingering touches, and a connection neither expected. Now Kian has to decide what matters more—the dream he’s chased his whole life, or the girl he never saw coming.

• Collide (book 1)
• Spiral (Book 2)
• Revolve (Book 3)
• Embrace (Book 4)