My brother would kill me for dating a much older man… his best friend.

Ryder Lafferty, an oh-so-sinfully-hot silver fox, treated me like no man my age ever had.

He touched me like a starving man at a buffet where my body was the main course.

I was hoping for much more than a one-night-stand… but then he disappeared.

Years later, fate brings me back to him.

Suspended from my job as a CIA operative, I return to my “sleepy” hometown.

A billionaire hockey star, Ryder's hotter than ever—

and the single daddy of the cutest little girl I've ever seen.

The way he treats Chloe—and me—melts my heart.

Ryder and his daughter show me what I never had and always wanted—a real family.

When the Sicilian Mafia targets Chloe, we become a “fake” couple for protection.

Everyone around is against us being together—

but in truth, we are irresistibly attracted to each other by destiny.

People say love has no age, no limits, and no death.

Can we fight foes, friends, and family to make that true?

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Trigger warning: This book is a spicy standalone hockey romance with no cliffhanger. But in their journey to a HEA, Ryder and Gia do face some violent characters. Please be mindful of your comfort level before reading it.