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Collide

By: Bal Khabra
Narrated by: Julia Knippen, Max Meyers
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She’s an honors student with ambitious graduate school plans and he’s a jock with only hockey on his mind, but once their worlds collide, their connection is hot enough to melt an ice rink.

An ultimatum from Summer Preston’s thesis advisor thrusts her into an unexpected collision with the hockey team’s captain, Aiden Crawford. She’s caught between conflicting desires of fulfilling her lifelong dream of becoming a sport psychologist and staying as far away as possible from the god-awful sport. And once she meets Aiden—well, let’s just say he confirms all her worst assumptions about hockey players.

Being the captain of the college hockey team has its perks, except when a reckless mistake by Aiden’s team threatens to jeopardize their entire season. As punishment, Aiden’s coach nominates him as the subject of a student research project. Participating is the last thing he wants to do, especially since the girl leading the project looks like she could wield his skates as a weapon.

Summer can’t stand Aiden’s blasé approach to life, and Aiden doesn’t understand why she’s twenty years old with a twenty-five-year plan. But their bickering soon turns to bantering—and once they let their guards down, there’s nothing to check their feelings.

©2023 Bal Khabra (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

“Charming and brilliant! Bal Khabra’s Collide, equal parts spicy and sweet, shines above the rest. Khabra seamlessly weaves her whip-smart banter, captivating cast of characters and laugh-out-loud humor into an endearing, timeless love story. Readers will cheer for Aiden and Summer from the first page, and think of them long after the end.”—Peyton Corinne, author of Unsteady

“Sexy and swoony, Aiden is a perfect book boyfriend.”—Avery Keelan, author of Offside

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I love this

I love the story line and the chemistry between summer and aiden even before they got together

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Kept my interest and I really enjoyed it

Overall I really enjoyed this. There are enough twists and turns to keep your interest the entire story line. While I understood why the main character didn’t care for hockey players and had a rough go with her dad I had wished that particular line had been fleshed out a bit better. Overall I very much enjoyed reading this and am looking forward to the next season n the series!

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Worth the read

I was a little on the fence about giving this four stars or five stars. The story is great. Aiden is truly boyfriend goals. He was so emotionally intelligent that I’m honestly a little jealous. Summer was not my favorite character for most of the book. The discussion of her daddy issues was really minimal which in hindsight now that I’m done with the book, I actually appreciate it. The daddy issues with Summer is addressed and though it doesn’t go into great detail and paint her dad in a bad light. It does show the pain there a little. The spice was great definitely 5🌶️. It was a really good book and I really enjoyed reading it

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Incredibly familiar but I still liked it

It cute and fun book I enjoyed listening But it reminded me the deal by Elle Kennedy when he needs to help her with her project to stay on the team like when garret needed to learn to stay on the team or that he lives with his friends from the team like garret did or the problem that summer is not taking to her father because he pushed her to be the best like garret and a lots of small details but overall it was a really fun cute funny and nice book if someone is looking for a book like the deal it’s close and I recommend

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Best book yet

I e read every romance book like this one but nothing has left me speechless like this one. If you’re looking for a steamy but sweet romance and if you’re a teen read this.

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Healed my icebreaker hangover

I could tell by the cover it would be a good read but I absolutely loved it! The chemistry was perfect, spicy scenes better than expected! I loved the two narrators Max was perfect for this role so perfect that I wish I could call him just to hear his voice 😂

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Hockey romance era gold!

This book was a solid addition to my bookshelf while I am in my hockey romance era. This book was a solid four-and-a-half-star read until I reached the end and knew that five stars was the right choice after all. I initially thought that the progression of their relationship in the beginning was not very convincing but, in the end, there was no doubt about their relationship regardless of how it started. The romance and falling in love in this story was so satisfying. I thought that some of the female lead character's actions and choices were annoying but by the end, I could see that it was all part of her character development. Both main characters were so multidimensional and fleshed out with distinct personalities. I loved all of the secondary characters but admit to having trouble keeping them straight in my mind at times while reading. I really hope to see more of them in future books in this series. Overall, this book was very addicting and put a huge smile on my face. I will definitely read this author again.

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love the project idea of it

This book is very similar to ice breaker if you liked it and the story line is cool.

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Loved!!

Such a great story and kept me wanting more! My only dislike is the male narrator’s female voicing… otherwise great voice acting!

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Collide

So so good!!!! I already loved the book but I’m obsessed with the audiobook!! Highly recommend this one!!

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