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Heating Up Ice
Paperback
Series: Sterling Heights
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 11 2025
Pages: 348
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Heating Up Ice (A Brother's Best Friend, Enemies to Lovers Hockey Romance)
Book 5 in the Sterling Heights Series - a spicy, slow-burn standalone
College hockey star Mateo Rodriguez has it all-talent, tattoos, and a reputation for breaking hearts. He lives for late-night texts, casual hookups, and the thrill of the game. What he doesn't expect is for a wrong number to text back... and completely throw him off his game.
Stella Evans is done with trouble, and Mateo Rodriguez is nothing but trouble. She's focused on a fresh start at Sterling Heights University, where nobody knows about her past, and definitely no one knows she's Ethan's little sister. But when a flirty mystery texter turns into her biggest campus nemesis, things heat up fast-on and off the ice.
She's curvy, confident, and off-limits.
He's cocky, inked, and the one guy she's supposed to avoid.
Neither of them knows they've been texting each other in secret.
Now, the lines between enemies, friends, and something more are blurring fast.
Perfect for fans of:
- Brother's best friend romance
- Enemies to lovers tropes
- College sports romance
- Spicy hockey romance books
- Smart, sarcastic heroines and irresistible bad boys
If you love Elle Kennedy, Hannah Grace, or Sara Cate, Heating Up Ice is your next binge-worthy read-full of banter, slow-burn tension, big feelings, and plenty of heat.
One wrong text. One forbidden crush. One game neither of them is ready to lose.
---Back of the book:
Stella Evans has three rules: avoid drama, avoid hockey players, and avoid falling, especially for her brother's teammates. But when a late-night text from a stranger turns into a flirty, anonymous back-and-forth, she finds herself caught in a game she didn't mean to play.
Mateo Rodriguez lives for the rush-on the ice, in the locker room, and in the glow of campus parties. As Sterling Heights' star center, he's used to scoring goals and dodging consequences. But when his texts accidentally end up in the hands of a girl who gives as good as she gets, he's hooked.
Neither of them knows who the other really is.
She's Ethan's little sister.
He's the one guy she swore to stay away from.
But secrets don't stay secret forever-and when sparks fly in real life like they did behind the screen, everything gets a whole lot messier.
Wrong number. Right girl.
One mistake. One big brother.
And a connection neither of them saw coming.
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