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READ BY JOSHUA JACKSON AND EMILY ELLET Fate brings together a ballet teacher and a hockey player in this bighearted novel about second chances and taking risks by the bestselling author Entertainment Weekly calls the master of witty banter

Once upon a time teenage Aurora Evans met a hockey player at the Mall of America He was from Canada And soon he was the perfect fake boyfriend a getoutofjailfree card for all kinds of sticky situations I cant go to prom Im going to be visiting my boyfriend in Canada He was just what she needed to cover her social awkwardness He never had to know It wasnt like she was ever going to see him again

Years later Aurora is teaching kids dance classes and battling panic and eating disorderssouvenirs from her failed ballet careerwhen pro hockey player Mike Martin walks in with his daughter Mikes honesty about his struggles with widowhood helps Aurora confront some of her own demons and the two forge an unlikely friendship Theres just one problem Mike is the boy she spent years pretending was her Canadian boyfriend

The longer she keeps her secret the more she knows it will shatter the trust between them But to have the life she wants she needs to tackle the most important thing of allbelieving in herself