{"product_id":"ice-cold-chemistry","title":"Ice Cold Chemistry","description":"\u003cp\u003eShe's the distraction the team can't afford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's the solution no one saw coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinnie Garrett is done with men. After a toxic relationship left her second-guessing everything, she's focused on one thing: her dream job as the New York Knights' new yoga instructor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBanks Callahan doesn't do relationships. Or feelings. Or anything that requires letting people get close. Growing up in the foster system taught him not to need anyone-and definitely not to want something he could lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when the team's new yoga instructor becomes an unexpected locker-room distraction threatening their playoff focus, Banks comes up with a solution so ridiculous it just might work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFake dating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the guys think Winnie is his, they'll back off. It's simple locker room code: you don't touch what's claimed-like calling dibs on the last slice of pizza.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe problem?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNothing about Winnie is simple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe's warmth and laughter and everything Banks has spent years convincing himself he doesn't need. She makes him want things he can't have. Makes him feel things he doesn't understand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was never supposed to fall for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut somewhere between fake hand-holding, pretend nicknames, and very real late-night moments, the line between \"just for show\" and \"dangerously real\" starts to blur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIce Cold Chemistry is a slow-burn hockey romance featuring fake dating, a grumpy hero, a sunshine heroine, and the relationship neither of them planned-but both might need.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elite Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46212319543492,"sku":"9781952036231","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/7761\/7348\/files\/imageloader_43cd033c-ca06-42d6-8816-dace2bc77fcd.jpg?v=1780599249","url":"https:\/\/www.fmcbooks.com\/products\/ice-cold-chemistry","provider":"FMC Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}