Overview

As six-year-old neighbors, Maddy and Gabe held mittened hands and stepped onto the ice for the first time. As high school seniors, they're poised to become world class figure skaters, on the path to the Olympic podium. Maddy has been in love from the start, watching from the sidelines as girl after girl falls for her gorgeous partner. When the coach picks Romeo & Juliet for their theme, it's Maddy's chance to be more than just friends. Gabe never dates a girl for more than two weeks, and he relies on Maddy too much to risk it. His friends would mock them, her dad would kill him, and long-term romance is a world of problems. Better to think of Maddy as a sister, when anything more can only end in tragedy. Lies and secrecy. Attraction and temptation. Family turmoil and shifting identities. In Katie Van Ark's sizzling debut, heated determination faces cold resistance in a competition for more than gold.

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9781250419859

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""Fans of ice-skating and romance will fall in love with this debut novel."" --School Library Journal ""Van Ark's story of two skating partners is hot enough to melt the ice."" --Romantic Times

""Fans of ice-skating and romance will fall in love with this debut novel."" --School Library Journal "" Van Ark's story of two skating partners is hot enough to melt the ice."" --Romantic Times ""Guaranteed to warm even the coldest heart."" --Justine ""This story pulled me in from the beginning and kept me hooked until the end. Each voice is authentic and even the parents are fleshed out and realistic-something that doesn't always happen in YA fiction. Plenty of misunderstandings and make-ups, both part of teen relationships. I was left rooting for Maddy and Gabe both on and off the ice."" --AliasLibrarian, reader on SwoonReads.com

Author Information

Katie Van Ark is a member of SCBWI and RWA and a student at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She enjoys reading, writing, and of course figure skating. She lives in Michigan with two daughters, two cats, and one very patient husband who was also her high school sweetheart. The Boy Next Door is her debut novel.

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