Wonderstruck by Holly Jukes

Trusting a heart that watched yours break is sometimes the bravest thing you can do.

Aurora Greene has spent her life trying to make others happy. Following in her dad’s footsteps, she enrolled at Liberty Grove to study law, believing it was the only way to make him smile again after her mom’s death. But when her dad passes away suddenly, Rory is left with nothing but questions—and no idea what she wants for herself.
Until she finds them—her old figure skates. Skating had gone from being the reason she woke up to being too painful to face, but now, she’s ready to reclaim her joy—and maybe herself—by lacing them up again.
But chasing her dreams comes with a financial, emotional, and physical price, and it’s a cost she’s not sure she can bear alone.
Enter Finn Rhodes, star forward of the Liberty Lions hockey team and the guy who shattered Rory’s heart freshman year when he turned her down in front of everyone. For Finn, hockey isn’t just a sport; it’s his ticket to the NHL, where he dreams of skating for the Quebec Knights like his legendary grandfather. But there’s one problem: he’s failing his French minor—a language he desperately needs to master to impress Canadian scouts.
When their paths collide again, a deal is struck. Finn will teach Rory how to skate again, and Rory will help him pass French. But there’s a history between them that neither can ignore. Rory hasn’t forgotten how Finn humiliated her freshman year, and Finn can’t seem to get past the feelings he’s tried so hard to bury.
As lessons turn into late nights and rivalry gives way to something more, Rory and Finn are skating on dangerous ground. She’s fighting to rediscover herself, and he’s running from everything he fears becoming. But in each other, they might find more than they expected—and everything they’ve been searching for.