Noah Sterns patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital don’t mind his OCD quirks. He loves his job as a physical therapist. Working with children is easy. Checking in on Gideon “the Beast” Wilder at his remote mountain cabin as a favor for the owner of the Seattle Emeralds proves to be anything but easy. Gideon seems determined to live up to his nickname. But beneath his surly demeanor, Noah glimpses a man who is longing for love.

Seattle Emeralds star player Gideon Wilder doesn’t want company, especially a physical therapist with a charming smile and eyes that sparkle when he laughs. Noah Stern’s arrival on his doorstep is an unwelcome interruption, complicated when an avalanche traps them together for Hanukkah. Gideon came to his cabin to nurse both the physical injury that ruined his soccer season and a heart broken by failed relationships. People he dares to love always leave him. Noah will surely do the same.

Dylan McKenzie loves his life with his chosen family. He's come to terms with his family's rejection and lives life on his terms as a gay man. Now he's headed to Seattle, meeting a nephew he didn't know he had. It's love at first sight and now he can't let go.

Ryan Blackstone is desperate to cure his son's leukemia. The doctors tell him he needs a miracle, and that's what he's determined to get. Ryan discovers Dylan is more than a miracle. He's the man who sparks something in Ryan he hasn't allowed himself to feel in a long time.

Together, Ryan and Dylan must get past their families and their fears. They will have to stand strong to be the perfect match they've both always wanted.