A lucky shot on the ice, the hot hockey player who melts it, and her dad's ban on all things rink related could mean the chance of a lifetime for Penelope...or land her in the penalty box.Penelope Spaulding just can't catch a break. Between long hours at the family restaurant, homework, and her parents' plans for her future, it's hard to find a spare moment to breathe. But when she laces up her skates and steps on the ice, everything slips away...Racing around the rink allows her to blow off steam after yet another fight with her dad about going to culinary school. So when Jake Gomes, the bad boy who lives down the street, dares her to join the Rink Rats, the local misfit hockey team, she surprises herself and joins in silent defiance of her father and his expectations.The more she plays, the easier it is to keep lying, and soon Pen finds it impossible to come clean.