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A car accident is the worst way to start the day. Especially when Eden happens to rear end one of her newest clients: Hayes Smithson. Eden recently moved away from Toronto. The city where she had her friends, her career, he life. But she had to get away from the man who hurt her.
Hayes Smithson has always been hot-headed on the ice and a ladies man off of it. But the last person he wants is the woman who crashed into him and acted like it was no big deal. At least that's what he tells himself until he starts to notice that she might be more than just a rich city girl.
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