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Fake Skating by Lynn Painter

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fake dating • childhood best friends • second chance romance • hockey romance • small-town romance

One unexpected reunion, one fake relationship, and years of unresolved feelings make for a romance that is impossible to resist. When Dani Collins returns to her Minnesota hometown, she hopes to reconnect with the boy who once meant everything to her. But Alec Barczewski is no longer the sweet, nerdy childhood friend she remembers. Now a popular hockey star, Alec has a very different reputation, and their once effortless friendship has become complicated. With old feelings simmering beneath the surface, pretending to be a couple might be the perfect way to find their way back to each other, if they can figure out what drove them apart in the first place.

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Dani Collins is navigating the emotional fallout of her parents’ divorce while adjusting to life back in Southview, Minnesota. Returning to the town where she spent childhood summers brings the possibility of reconnecting with Alec, her former best friend and the boy who once promised they would never lose touch.

But Alec has changed. Once the adorable, slightly nerdy boy who was always by Dani’s side, he is now a star hockey player thriving on the attention that comes with his popularity. Their reunion is anything but the cozy reconnection Dani imagined, and years of hurt leave both of them guarded.

When circumstances push them into a fake-dating arrangement, their complicated history becomes impossible to ignore. Between witty banter, lingering resentment, and the familiar comfort of a connection that never quite disappeared, Dani and Alec must navigate the difference between pretending to be in love and confronting feelings that may have been there all along.

Set in a hockey-obsessed Minnesota town, Fake Skating delivers the swoony charm of childhood sweethearts finding their way back to each other, balanced with family drama, emotional vulnerability, and laugh-out-loud moments. Lynn Painter brings her signature rom-com energy to a heartfelt young adult romance about growing up, finding your place, and discovering that sometimes the people who know you best are the hardest to figure out.

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Fake Skating by Lynn Painter