"We kissed, just for a moment: long enough for our lips to touch, fast enough for me to pull away, whispering in the same breath we shared that it was a mistake and had to stay our secret. Then I left him standing there, my lip gloss still smudged on his lips." Clara Bowman, a meticulous rule-follower and habitual worrier, has always spent Christmas alone. That is, until she met her best friend Natalie Northe, and discovered a family she never had. Now, she spends the holidays at the Northes mountain cabin, where she must follow one unbreakable rule: never, ever get involved with Jackson Northe. Jackson is captain of the Edmonton Northern Rush, hockey's brightest superstar, and the reason half the internet forgets decorum in the comment sections. And the reason one mistake underneath the mistletoe last Christmas turned Clara into a rule breaker. Now, back at the cabin together, avoiding Jackson is nearly impossible. Every glance, every touch, risks the one thing Clara can't bear to lose: the family that finally chose her. This Christmas, Clara has to decide what she's willing to break away from: the rules or her heart?