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The Boy Next Door

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As six-year-old neighbors, Maddy and Gabe held mittened hands and stepped onto the ice for the first time. As high school seniors, they're poised to become world class figure skaters, on the path to the Olympic podium. Maddy has been in love from the start, watching... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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In this figure skating spin on a classic romance, childhood friends dance the edge between love and tragedy.

In this figure skating spin on a classic romance, childhood friends dance the edge between love and tragedy.

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As six-year-old neighbors, Maddy and Gabe held mittened hands and stepped onto the ice for the first time. As high school seniors, they're poised to become world class figure skaters, on the path to the Olympic podium. Maddy has been in love from the start, watching from the sidelines as girl after girl falls for her gorgeous partner. When the coach picks Romeo & Juliet for their theme, it's Maddy's chance to be more than just friends. Gabe never dates a girl for more than two weeks, and he relies on Maddy too much to risk it. His friends would mock them, her dad would kill him, and long-term romance is a world of problems. Better to think of Maddy as a sister, when anything more can only end in tragedy. Lies and secrecy. Attraction and temptation. Family turmoil and shifting identities. In Katie Van Ark's sizzling debut, heated determination faces cold resistance in a competition for more than gold.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781250419859

Publisher: Palgrave USA

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 January 2026

Country: United States

Imprint: Square Fish

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 208.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 352

About the Author

Katie Van Ark is a member of SCBWI and RWA and a student at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She enjoys reading, writing, and of course figure skating. She lives in Michigan with two daughters, two cats, and one very patient husband who was also her high school sweetheart. The Boy Next Door is her debut novel.

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