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BOOK 1 of the San Jose Series :)
Some people meet the love of their life in the most extraordinary way.
Nora Bennett met hers because her best friend fell for his teammate.
As an aspiring author and devoted single mom, Nora has spent years building a life for her son, convinced that her own happily ever after had already passed her by.
Macklin Celebrini knows what it means to play in front of thousands of fans.
He has no idea how to let just one person truly know him.
Between hockey games, bedtime stories, coffee runs, and a little boy with endless questions, two strangers slowly discover that sometimes the family you've been searching for is the one you never expected to find.
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Hockey Romance
Slow Burn
Single Mom
Aspiring Author
Chaotic Toddler
Sunshine x Reserved
Found Family
Friends to Lovers (Adjacent)
He Falls First
Happy Ending
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