If You Ask Me To

She’s the ice-cold new girl desperate to blend into her new life.

When her mother remarries, Isla Jones is thrust into a brand-new life. A new stepfather she refuses to like, a new school she can’t fit in with, in a town hundreds of miles from everything she’s ever considered home.

But amongst the chaos, there’s the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance at a film festival that can open up doors to her dream career. The catch? Her partner is the cocky hockey player with an infuriating smile and a penchant for pushing every single one of her buttons.

Christopher Marshall is Elksborrough’s golden retriever; fiercely loyal, always sunny, and always behind the good times.

But nobody seems to dig past the curated mask he hides behind, and nobody glimpses into the vulnerabilities buried deep beneath his happy-go-lucky persona.

When an unexpected turn of events leads Isla to rely on Chris outside of their reluctant partnership, the pair can’t help but erode some of the walls between them. Regardless of how hard they try to hide, Chris and Isla can’t help but see through each other’s layers and fronts.

After everything that’s happened, Isla is sure she could never fall for a hockey player.

But what if she’s already fallen?