Samantha

I had the perfect life; a husband who loved me and two kids who were my world. But then someone else answered his phone, and my perfect life shattered. When he died, I was left with answers he couldn’t give me and a box full of lies. He left me broken.

Blake

I fell in love when I was fifteen, knowing she was the one. For five years, she was my everything–my every breath, every heartbeat, every thought. She made me promise to move on and love again, but I broke those promises because I can’t move on.

Two broken souls are brought together by tragedy and heartbreak. Can a broken love story be fixed?

Six days in Paris, that was the plan. Keep my head down, do my duty, and then I’d go back to my vineyard. It was smooth sailing until she came into the restaurant and sent back my newest full-bodied savory creation.

I ignored her until she stormed out of the restaurant looking for a taxi at one in the morning. The gentleman I was, I couldn’t leave her wandering around the streets of Paris, could I?

I’d give her a ride, make sure she was safe, and it would be done…except it wasn’t.

Something about her pulled at me. With one drunken moment and a simple question, everything went haywire.

This could be the vacation fling of a lifetime. After all, there is no real reason for her to know my life story and all my secrets.

I’m France’s most eligible bachelor. This ‘faux pair’ is almost a faux pas…

Bella
Meeting him was a fluke. Dating him was a mistake. Watching him become a drug addict put me through hell. Running was my only option.
Jackson
I’m running from my demons and when I find out she’s trying to escape her past, I know what I have to do.
One broken cop. One woman fighting for her life. A fragile love.
Sinister secrets that threaten to tear them apart.
They’ve been to hell. The hard part will be finding their way back together.
Contains mature themes.

Hunter
When my business partner asked me to do him a favor, I had no idea he was sending me on the blind date his mother had arranged for him.

I walked into the bar, saw the woman drinking her third martini, and knew I was in for an eventful night.

After an unexpected second date, she didn’t know my real name or who I really was. By that time, the lie was too far gone, and I wanted her too much to admit the truth.

Laney
It’s not every day you find out your ex-boyfriend is engaged.

I shouldn’t have agreed to the blind date, but I wasn’t in any position to turn down a night out when my mother insisted. And I’ll admit, I definitely shouldn’t have ordered that fourth martini before said blind date even arrived.

But the man turned out to be swoon-worthy, handsome, condescending–a perfect distraction. Then I found out he was a liar.

I’ve never been in over my head to this degree. Then again, I’ve never been mixed up in love.

Miller

They called me the pretty boy on and off the ice. Hockey’s most eligible bachelor.

When my teammate asked me to donate one date to his charity, I figured why not. Worst case, I’d spend the night with a fan. Best-case scenario, she would be hot. What I wasn’t expecting was for my dream girl to be the highest bidder.

For years, she brushed me off, and now, I finally had a chance to take her out and show her who I really was.

With only one shot at this, I really hoped I didn’t mess it up.

Layla

At the top of my career, I was riding the wave of my sports talk show having the best rating on the radio.

I also made it a rule to never date any sports players.

It was my one rule, and I was sticking to it until I bid on the only man who gets under my skin.

Dylan My dreams came true when I was adopted at ten. I was the best on the ice. Living the life every kid dreams of. We’ve been best friends since then. Even when she was the annoying little sister following us around. I would do anything for her. It is another family vacation; except this time it feels different. Everything feels different. Alex All my memories have Dylan in them–from the first time I fell off my bike to the time I got my heart broken for the first time. He’s always been my protector, but it’s time to let the dream of being his go. One last family trip, one last goodbye. Except fate steps in and has other plans.

Ralph

Being traded to Dallas was a dream come true. I had everything I wanted, my game had never been better, and my wife was due to have our baby any day now.

What could go wrong? Everything.

I was now raising our baby on my own. After hockey practice and games, I didn’t have time to sleep, let alone make sure my social media was up to par. I never thought I’d get a second chance at love.

Candace

When my hotshot brother was drafted in the NHL, he didn’t have time to do his social media, so I took over for him. Little did I know it would become my career.

My plate was full with over fifty NHL players, and I wasn’t taking on any new clients.

Yet when he showed up on my doorstep with the cutest little girl in the whole world, I couldn’t say no.

I was just helping, but it turned into more than that. He’s the man I’ve been waiting for.

Wilson I was the bad boy on and off the ice. I loved it–owned it. Hockey. Women. Money. Until she came into the picture. Now, all I want to do is be better. I want to prove to myself I don’t have to be the guy everyone thinks I am. She knocked down the walls I spent my whole life building. Franny My last name opened the doors, but proving I was worth the title of TV producer took all of my time. He walked in with a chip on his shoulder. I was happy to point out all his flaws. Falling for him was inevitable. When scandal hits, no one expected me to stand by his side. Not even him. But I’ve learned that you get only one love.

Michael Being traded after fighting with your coach on air isn’t exactly a good look. With one mistake under my belt, I knew I needed to focus on the game and nothing else. But everything changed when I went to pick up my niece and came face-to-face with my very pregnant one-night stand from six months ago. Jillian Two pink lines changed all my plans. So did the guy I had a one-night stand with, a man who made me laugh and smile, a guy who I called to share my unexpected news with, only to find out his number was no longer in service. Once more letdown by the opposite sex, I figured I was doing this on my own. Then one day, I was staring into the eyes of the man I hated, the father of my baby.

Manning
As captain of the Dallas Oilers, I was their leader on and off the ice. From the outside, it looked like I had the perfect life.
I didn’t. I was married to a woman who refused to give me a divorce. All she wanted was the status title, and all I wanted was to be set free.
It was supposed to be just another event, except it took a turn I didn’t see coming.
Evelyn
Attending my best friend’s bachelorette party isn’t something I was looking forward to, but it’s strange what a couple of glasses of wine will do.
It was one night, and I thought I would never see him again–especially not coming face-to-face with him and his wife while picking up my nephew from hockey practice.

Cooper My name came with big skates to fill. At the top of my game, I had everything I wanted–or so I thought. Being traded to Dallas was not what I was expecting, but neither were the divorce papers I was served. Now I’m a single dad in a city that isn’t my home. Erika Handed my biggest client when I was twenty-two made my dreams come true. Over time, our work relationship changed, and we grew closer, leaning on each other for support. He was my rock, my best friend. Then one drunken night changed everything, and I saw what was in front of me all along. I just hope that, when the dust settles, we won’t regret it.

Nico
When I inherited the Dallas Oilers from my father, I became one of the youngest owners in hockey history. Even though the team was at the bottom of the hockey standings, I had big plans to change that and bring the Cup to Dallas.
Falling in love was something I never believed would happen to me.
You’d think I was getting everything I ever wanted with the girl and the winning record, but I still have a promise to fulfill to my childhood best friend.
Becca
“Never let them see you sweat” has been my life motto since I decided to make a name for myself as the most-sought-after sports agent.
I know what it takes to close a deal, and I only want one thing: to be the best.
At least I did until I felt his touch one night, and then everything I thought I knew was forgotten. Nico is everything I’ve never let myself want.
But all my cards come crashing down the minute I read the headlines.

Hailey
What do you do when you find out your whole life was a lie? That your husband really wasn’t your husband but someone else’s? That the vows you made to each other were simply empty promises?

You pick up and move to the country to start fresh.

When life hands you limes, you make sure you have tequila because your life is about to get stirred up.

Jensen
I married my high-school sweetheart, and the best thing she gave me was my baby girl. But we weren’t enough for her. I wasn’t enough for her. The last thing I expected on my birthday was a Dear John letter, but that’s what I got when she upped and left.

Now, it’s just me and my girl against the world till a new girl moves in next door.

Marissa
I didn’t want this life.
But sometimes you’re forced to make the best of the crappy hand you’ve been dealt. I wanted to teach my daughter that. No matter what happens you face your problems head-on.
Never cower. Never give up.
Then someone took her and I had to put my faith in a system that had failed me, and my hope in a man I didn’t know.
Mick
Serve. Honor. Protect, are the only things I’ve ever cared about until her case was dropped on my desk. As we searched for her missing daughter, the last woman I thought I’d fall in love with became my reason for living.
Then the world came crashing down around us.
One secret would change everything, but I had one more hand to be dealt. And if I played my cards right, maybe, just maybe we’d get our piece of heaven.
Contains mature themes.

The moment everything changed didn’t happen in that cliche rockets-red-glare kind of way, it happened in the form of a waking nightmare. I caught my husband, my high-school sweetheart, the father of my children, balls deep in a sordid affair.
That was when I gave up on men and love.

I didn’t count on the NHL’s golden boy, the beautiful, arrogant Cooper Stone turning my life and my hockey rink upside down.
My kids are why I wake up in the morning.
Hockey is what Cooper breathes for.
We’re from different worlds and places in our lives but when our hearts collided something so wrong and different turned into something so right.
Contains mature themes.

Kallie
I fell in love with him when I was seven. I scraped my knee, and he helped carry me inside. Our love story was the talk of the town until a woman told everyone she was pregnant with his baby. The only rational solution was to high tail it out of town and never come back.

My best friend needed a place to hide, and you can’t get much more covert than my family farm, so I came back. For her. It was supposed to be temporary, and I wasn’t supposed to see him, but that’s what happens when you live in a small town where everyone knows each other.

Jacob
Being the sheriff in a small town was never my dream. My father died and my older brother took off, so I had to be the one to look after my mother. I stayed. I fulfilled my duties as a son and I protected my hometown.

My life wasn’t perfect, but I was content–until I locked eyes with a ghost from my past, Kallie. I thought it was my imagination; it couldn’t be her. I loved her most of my life, but now I hated her.

The town gossip mill was going into overdrive. I kept my head down and my mind off of the woman who shattered my heart when she ran away. She didn’t give me a chance to explain; it didn’t matter to her then. I didn’t matter.

A second chance is never promised, but now that mine is right under my nose, I’m not sure I can take it.

Olivia
When you find out that your fiance is arrested for swindling over ten million dollars from his clients, you do what any sane woman would do. You escape reality and go undercover, trading in your city-girl Louboutins for country-pumpkin cowboy boots.

It wasn’t a forever change–it was temporary. I only had to stay here until things back home got straightened out, or so I thought.

Casey
I was riding horses before I was walking, or at least that was what they told me. I always knew I would take over the family farm. It’s in my blood.

Country boy at heart, the minute I saw her dragging her luggage up the gravel driveway I knew she was out of my league.

I shouldn’t have started anything with her, because I knew she was just passing through. I couldn’t stop it; I fell in love with her. Even though I knew, in the end, she would leave me.

Chelsea Coming back home was supposed to be normal–not that my life had ever been normal, but it was getting there. Then I opened the door and found a man, broken, bloodied, and fighting for his life. I don’t know why, but I said I would take care of him. I had to–needed to. He was a mystery, showing up from out of nowhere. But he might have already stolen my heart. Mayson Carey The only thing I have ever wanted in my entire life was to forget who I was. Joining the military helped me do that. Keep your head down and glide through life was my new motto–no strings, no relationships, nothing. Everything was working until a knock at the door had me face-to-face with the reason I was running. So I ran–I fell into her arms, and she fell into my heart, but I know better than to think it’ll last.

Since Georgie Quinn’s mother died, the highlight of her life has become “jogger stalking” every morning with her roommates, Tess and Cat. Stuck running the senior center her mother founded in Newport, Rhode Island, until a replacement director is found, Georgie dreams of returning to her glamorous life in Atlanta. As that life begins to unravel, she discovers a whole new one in Newport, where the jogger she’s been stalking turns out to be sexy detective and tree hugger Nathan Caldwell. Determined to get her mind off her many problems–including a possible threat to her own health–Georgie indulges in what she intends to be a no-holds-barred one-night stand with him. Unfortunately, he has other ideas and sets out to have a relationship with her. Tess, on the run from an abusive husband, and Cat, who raised her younger brother and sister, hook up with Nathan’s brothers: Ben, an injured Iraqi war veteran, and Ian, a single-father and talented musician. Add a zany cast of seniors who seem determined to drive Georgie slowly mad with their never-ending needs and comparisons to her sainted mother, and you’ve got the ingredients for a fast-paced, often comical, emotional journey that leads Georgie straight to the home of her heart.

Amelia Never make the same mistake twice is my motto. After being left in the dust of an old pickup truck, I promised that I would take care of myself and never trust another man with a sexy smirk and cowboy boots. Then he showed up, and he’s everywhere I turn, making me want something I shouldn’t. Asher I grew up in foster care, and on my eighteenth birthday, I was set free. I spent years coasting from town to town. Staying wasn’t a part of my plan, and neither was love, but somehow, I found both. This was all supposed to be temporary. Now I’m just hoping my secret doesn’t destroy the only family I’ve ever known…

SavannahI’m the one who broke up the golden couple–the woman people still whisper about, point at, and give dirty looks to.Did I sleep with the prom king? No. Did I sleep with the town’s golden boy on vacation from college? Yes.Did I believe that he was going to marry me? Wholeheartedly.Did he? Not even close. He got engaged right in front of me, and then his father threw two hundred dollars at me and told me to take the trash out.So I raised my son in a town where people love him because they think that his father is the sheriff. It was going great; everything was working out…until my lie got out.BeauI was getting ready to take over the mayoral office from my father, who was my hero.But then I heard the secret he hoped would stay buried forever. My brother has a son–and not just any son, but a son with the woman who was my best friend.The woman I secretly have loved from the moment she stood up to me and broke my nose in kindergarten.I need to protect her, and in order to do that, we need to get married. Too bad her nightmare is my dream come true.

Emily
I fell in love with him when I was fourteen. Under the stars, he told me he loved me, and under the stars, we promised to love each other always. But under the stars, he broke my heart by walking away.

He left me without a second glance. I was just an afterthought. Now he’s back, but this time, I’m not falling for his Southern charm.

Maybe.

It’s time I get my happily ever after, even if part of me wishes he was still mine.

Ethan
I found out on my twenty-first birthday that everything I thought I knew was a lie, that the man I had grown up thinking was my father wasn’t.

The pain I felt blinded me, making it impossible to hear what anyone said. I left them all behind, including her, my best friend and the woman I was going to marry.

Five years later, I’m back, only to find the woman I still love has another man’s ring on her finger.

She’s going to marry my best friend unless I stop her. And this time, I only have until sunrise to change her mind.

Reed I never wanted to be a cowboy–living in a small town was suffocating. The military was my out. I saw every place I ever wanted and everything that nightmares are made of… until I almost lost my life and ended up back home. Hazel Finding out that I was pregnant the night before I left for college changed everything. I left my small town and vowed to never return. When my grandfather died, I had no choice but to go back home. The plan was just two weeks. I thought it would be quick and easy… until he was standing at the back door asking questions.

Lauren: Going back to work was supposed to be a painless transition, but when my new boss turns out to be an arrogant, cocky jerk, he quickly turns my professional life into a world of torture. Okay, fine, calling him an asshat before knowing he was my boss wasn’t my finest moment. Hating him should be easy. I just never counted on him being so gorgeous or charming when he’s not annoying me.
Austin: I expected my new assistant to be professional and punctual, but all I’m getting are dirty looks and rude comments. I should fire the little hellion, but instead all I can think about is bending her over my desk and breaking every rule I’ve ever made for myself.
One look. One touch. One night. If we break the rules, our lives will never be the same again.
Good thing rules were made to be broken. And besides, it feels so good to tempt the boss.
Contains mature themes.

Eliahn
Getting pregnant after a booze cruise hookup was not what any parent wanted to hear, so I picked up my entire life and moved to Paris to start over. Six years later, I was ready to go home. I was a single mom and the only thing I knew about my son’s dad was his name-Luca. I didn’t need to know anything else. The universe had other ideas because on our second day back home, the man came crashing back into my life.
Luca
Attending a welcome back party for my boss’s daughter wasn’t how I wanted to spend my Sunday. But walking in and seeing my hookup from a cruise six years ago knocks me on my ass. It was a weekend of fun and now I’m seeing a pair of eyes, identical to mine, staring right at me. The boy standing next to her is my son.
Now we’re living next door to each other and attempting to co-parent-something that would be easy to do if the pull that brought us together wasn’t still there making things more complicated. For six years she haunted my dreams, now she’s haunting my every waking moment. I let her get away once, now I want to make her mine.
This time, permanently. Only one thing left to do. I have to tempt the hookup.
Contains mature themes.

Zara Stone
All my life I’ve said I will never date a hockey player. I know better because I’ve seen and lived it all. My father is a hockey god, my brother is the captain of the most successful NHL team in the world, and my brother-in-law also plays in the league. Their lives are complicated, so I went in the opposite direction.

I fell in love with a scholar. But instead of proposing marriage, he broke up with me.

Three months later, I saw his engagement picture on Instagram. I couldn’t let him get away with that. No, it didn’t matter what, I was going to make that man see that I did not need him.

Evan Richards
I was in the running to pass my point record from last year, ready to claim the number one spot in the league. On top of my game, I was riding my career-high wave.

Then, Hockey’s Princess Zara Stone tweeted me. She wanted me to crash her ex’s wedding. The worst that could happen? A PR nightmare. The best? A fun night with a beautiful woman.

It started out as a game–something I’m good at. Her crazy idea twisted into something I wasn’t looking for, something neither of us wanted.

Caroline
Becoming a teen mom at sixteen was not what I expected, but then again, neither was being a single parent. Still, I wouldn’t change my past because that boy is my world.

Hockey is the only thing my son seems to care about, so I work two jobs to make sure he can play. I’d do anything to make sure he doesn’t suffer because of the bad decisions his father made. When he won a whole summer of hockey training, I knew in my heart he was going to have an amazing time.

What I wasn’t prepared for was meeting his new summer coach. He was magnetic, powerful, and a player–in all forms of the word.

If my life had taught me anything up to this point, it was how to avoid making bad decisions, and Justin Stone was the definition of a bad decision. I could never be a woman his family approved of–even if I wished I could be.

Justin
Growing up as the son of a hockey God is one thing. Growing up as the brother of a second hockey God is another. I had big skates to fill, so it was a good thing I loved every second of it. Summer was my off time, my time to let loose, but when they ask me to coach a hockey camp for underprivileged kids, I couldn’t say no.

But when she walked in holding a little boy’s hand, my heart stopped beating. Or maybe it started for the first time. They were a package deal, and I knew this–wanted it more than I’ve ever wanted anything. It didn’t take long to realize that no matter what happened, I would do anything to protect them. She is the only one I want to be with. When push comes to shove, I have to prove to everyone that this is my choice, and This is Forever.

Vivienne

Never fall in love. That was my motto, and I was sticking to it. Having my heart broken once was enough, and I never wanted to do it again.

He was supposed to be a one-night stand, the only thing I do. One rule shouldn’t be so hard to follow, but then I went back for seconds, then thirds.

After that, I lost count of the number of times I lost myself in his arms. When I wasn’t paying attention, my guard slipped.

Mark

They call me Private Mark for a reason–my whole life is a secret. For two years, we danced around each other until I got her right where I wanted her…under me.

Now that I had her, I wasn’t letting her go. I thought we were on the same page. I thought we were building something great.

Boy, was I ever wrong. I had no idea that while I was falling in love, she was trying to convince herself we were temporary. She thought I’d walk away.

She was wrong.

Now it’s time to convince her she wants us too and to show her that the crazy, wild thing we have…This Is Love.

Zoe
When you grow up surrounded by hockey players you know one thing for sure: you should never settle down with one. And I was never going to. Heck, I didn’t even know what icing was. I was too busy climbing the corporate ladder, becoming one of the most successful realtors in New York City.

I wasn’t interested in dating or anything that got in my way. First, he was my client, and then he became my friend.

Viktor
My parents told me I skated before I walked. When I was eighteen, I was drafted into the NHL third overall, playing in Los Angeles–the city of dreams. What more could I ask for? I played hard, but eventually, I partied even harder.

Five years later, I was traded a week after I entered rehab. There was no time for anything except my health and making sure I’d come out on top. I had to be better. There wasn’t another option.

One of the rules of recovery was “don’t fall in love,” and I made it a top priority. She was off-limits in every single way…until it was too late. One night, one decision, one act can derail everything.

Crystal
I was the strong one, they said, until two words brought me to my knees. It was a secret I didn’t share with anyone, a secret that made me promise I’d never fall in love.

I no longer wanted that white picket fence of every woman’s dreams. But then the unthinkable happened.

Gabe
I thought I had it all with the best medical practice in the state and the woman of my dreams. I wore a smile on my face every single day. I couldn’t wait to watch her walk down the aisle and start our forever, except she never did. My runaway bride made me realize love isn’t worth it.

What happens when your dreams unexpectedly come true?