Fated Skates

About This Audiobook

Quinn Albright was the golden girl of American figure skating—until she face-planted on the ice in front of the world and became the meme of humiliating Olympic flameouts. Five years later, she’s back, rebuilt and ruthless, training for redemption in the same rink where her life derailed. Enter Adam Carlisle, the charming, perpetually sunburned Canadian coach who’s just as guilty of past failures—his? Being too good for his own good. When Quinn’s sponsor forces her to share ice time with Adam’s ragtag adult-skating group (think middle-aged accountants in bedazzled spandex), sparks fly, skates clash, and the ice becomes a battleground of ego, desire, and questionable leg warmers. Victoria Schade kicks clichés to the boards with a romance that’s equal parts swoony and self-aware, avoiding the trap of toxic redemption arcs in favor of two flawed, stubborn people clawing their way back from their own mistakes—while somehow finding each other in the mess. The dialogue crackles with snark and sincerity, and the skating scenes are vivid enough to make you crave a hot chocolate break mid-listening.