Book profile
Unsteady
- Subgenre
- romance
- Edition year
- 2023
- Spice
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Hockey captain Rhys Koteskiy, suffering from post-concussion nightmares and panic attacks after a brutal hit at last year's Frozen Four, struggles to return to the ice. Figure skater Sadie Brown is 'drowning in debt,' fighting custody for her younger brothers, and skating to survive. Known as a 'spitfire' with 'a bad attitude and frequent disappearing acts,' she accidentally witnesses Rhys's panic attack and tries to help, forging an unspoken bond of comfort. Rhys feels 'empty, a shell of the man and player he was,' while Sadie 'is so full of everything it bursts from her.' Each carries secrets that complicate their fragile connection, leaving them 'skating a thin line.'
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- Angst: “healing doesn't mix with secrets, and they're both skating a thin line, unsteady” source
- Strong Heroine: “Currently drowning in debt, custody hearings for her younger brothers and skating practices, she's just trying to make it to the next day.” source
- Forced Proximity: “When she accidentally witnesses one of the golden boy hockey captain's panic attacks and attempts to help him, a strange sort of understanding strikes up between them.” source
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