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"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 something 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.
He's the captain of the Edmonton Northern Rush, hockey's brightest superstar, the reason half the internet forgets decorum in the comment sections, and the one who turned Clara into a rule breaker underneath the mistletoe last Christmas.
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: family.
This Christmas, Clara has to decide what she's willing to break away from: the rules or her heart?