When Jordan takes a staff position with the Vancouver Storm to help save her father's struggling team, she's determined to keep her distance from the infuriatingly perfect Coach Tate Ward—the man who somehow charms everyone except her. But as she's pulled into his world, moving into his guest house and growing close to his daughter, Jordan discovers that beneath Tate's controlled exterior lies a genuinely funny, protective man who makes her believe in second chances. Their connection deepens as the boundaries between them blur, and Tate begins to realize that what he really wants is the one woman who challenged him all along. A swoon-worthy workplace romance about two people learning that sometimes the best things in life are worth the risk.

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