Secrets. Sometimes keeping a confidence is a good thing. Other times secrets can slowly rot a woman’s soul. Whitney Beaupré has been hiding a big secret for years, one that’s beginning to wear her down both on the ice and off. Pretending to be something you aren’t is exhausting. Wanting to be free but afraid to break out of your prison is terrifying. Seeking love but then hiding from it is crushing to the spirit, yet Whitney feels compelled to keep living the lie. Until the night Hannah Kym appears in her life. Whitney’s attraction to Hannah is deep, fierce, and instantaneous. The Temple art major is everything Whitney has dreamed of and more, but those old fears keep clawing at the Venom center, keeping her locked in the closet despite the passion and affection she feels for Hannah. Can love break the shackles holding Whitney’s heart and soul captive?