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Hudson Brennan has spent his entire life chasing one thing: the NHL.
Kenzie knows better than to get caught in the middle of someone else's dream.
She's seen what happens when love comes second to ambition, and hockey players are exactly the kind of complication she swore she'd avoid. But Hudson makes it difficult to keep her distance. He sees through every wall she puts up, turning quiet moments into something dangerous - something real.
For the first time in a long time, Kenzie starts to believe she might actually matter to someone.
Then everything falls apart.
With Hudson's future slipping through his fingers and their relationship hanging on by a thread, Kenzie has to decide whether protecting herself is worth losing the person who suddenly means everything.
Because some love stories don't fade quietly.
They burn bright right up until the lights go out.
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