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★★★★☆ 3.95 • Goodreads

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If Collide by Bal Khabra hooked you with snarky enemies-to-lovers fire, dive into Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese next.

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Why It's Your Next Read

  • Deaf hero × verbal sparring = unique tension
  • ASL communication adds swoon-worthy intimacy layers
  • Grumpy-sunshine dynamic cranks up emotional stakes
  • Hockey rivalry sparks slow-burn physical chemistry

You loved how Aiden and Summer's hostility combusted into chemistry, and here's your next fix: a deaf hockey star and his academic rival who communicate through ASL-fueled intimacy that rewrites tension entirely. The grumpy-sunshine collision feels dangerously familiar—razor-edged banter, athletic egos, college chaos—but the vulnerability required when words aren't enough? That's where this romance detonates into something deeper, hotter, and impossible to put down.

The vulnerability required when words aren't enough detonates into something deeper, hotter, and impossible to put down.

Slow-burn doesn't mean soft. This delivers the steamy, consent-driven payoff you crave, layered with cultural authenticity and disability representation that never overshadows the addictive, bingeable fire between two flawed, ambitious hearts colliding.

The vulnerability required when words aren't enough detonates into something deeper, hotter, and impossible to put down.

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What Readers Are Saying

"This book is underrated secret gem! I love this book so much! It's so entertaining, hot, sexy and also emotional, sweet, swoony, incredibly romantic!" Nilufer Ozmekik, Goodreads
"i found willa to be so insufferable, she sucked all of the fun out of this for me... i love a big family trope, so i really enjoyed ryder and his lovable family. they steal whatever scene they are in." jessica, Goodreads
"I want what you want. All-in, fair and square. I want to be afraid with you rather than fearless and alone. Only when it's us." Arini, Goodreads

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