Izzie intends to confront her cheating boyfriend at an off-campus bash, delivering a stinging slap to the face of the guy in the dim hallway. To her horror, she strikes the wrong player: Cole, the university's feared varsity hockey captain with a reputation for merciless retribution. Her mortification triples when her mother announces a sudden marriage, bringing Cole into Izzie's home as her new stepbrother.
Living under one roof, the hostility between them crackles across breakfast tables and campus corridors. Cole vows to make Izzie pay for the insult, yet their intense verbal sparring unexpectedly detonates into an impulsive, breathless kiss behind locked doors. As tournament pressure mounts, they must conceal an addictive attraction that threatens their athletic futures and family peace.
