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When hockey's cockiest defenseman meets the one woman immune to his charm, his winning streak hits the boards—hard. Tyler Lockhardt is used to getting what he wants, but Zoya Kolochev is absolutely off-limits (thanks to her overprotective brother on the team) and completely uninterested in dating athletes. So Tyler does the impossible: he settles for friendship with the brilliant, beautiful woman who's turned his world upside down, even though being "just friends" might be the toughest game he's ever played. Watch sparks fly as a cocky player learns that sometimes the best love story starts when you're not allowed to want it in the first place.
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