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📚 Book 3 of an ongoing series (2 published)
⏳ This series may not be complete yet — 2 of 3 books published
📊 Readers are divided — ratings range from 4.1 GR to 4.8 AMZ
After getting a second chance at life, the last thing you expect is to fall head over heels for your boss—but there's something about watching a grumpy hockey star tenderly care for his little boy that completely derails your carefully crafted plans. Jace Kingston is all brooding intensity on the ice and unexpectedly sweet with his son, and when he turns that smoldering attention your way, resisting becomes nearly impossible. What was supposed to be a one-year nanny gig to pay off student loans transforms into something neither of you saw coming, forcing you both to question whether some plans are meant to be broken.
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Soft indie pop and tender R&B for stolen glances and guarded hearts melting. Think acoustic vulnerability meets smoldering tension—the sweetness of unexpected connection, the intensity of fighting what feels inevitable. Contemporary romance with warmth.
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