The most beautiful performances happen when you stop fighting the choreography.

Event planner Sophie Chamonix has orchestrated galas in grand ballrooms and luxury hotels, but organizing Havenbrook's Christmas gala on ice presents her most ambitious challenge yet. She envisions a winter wonderland complete with synchronized skating performances, cascading fairy lights, and a frozen runway that will transform the humble town rink into something magical enough to grace the cover of a lifestyle magazine.

Jax Mitchell has been running Havenbrook Ice Rink for fifteen years, maintaining the aging facility with stubborn pride and treating every scuff on his ice like a personal insult. His rink might not be glamorous, but it's reliable, safe, and beloved by the community who've been lacing up skates here since childhood. The last thing he needs is some uptight event planner turning his orderly world upside down with elaborate staging requirements and "vision boards."

Their first meeting ends with Sophie's detailed timeline scattered across Jax's office and his blunt assessment that her plans are "pretty but impractical." But with the entire town counting on the gala to raise funds for the community center, they're forced into an uneasy partnership that involves a lot of heated negotiations, compromised ice time, and surprisingly intimate late-night rehearsals.

Through emergency lighting repairs, impromptu skating lessons when Sophie insists on understanding "her venue," and the gradual realization that his practical knowledge perfectly balances her creative ambition, they'll discover that the most memorable performances aren't about flawless execution—they're about finding someone worth taking the fall with.

A delightfully heated enemies-to-lovers romance about learning to skate together and discovering that the perfect partnership requires just the right balance of grace and grit.