She knew. That's why Mom hadn't opened the door. She knew he was dead.
Twenty years as an army brat, and Ember Howard knew, too. The soldiers
at the door meant her dad was never coming home. What she didn't know
was how she would find the strength to singlehandedly care for her
crumbling family when her mom falls apart. Then Josh Walker enters her
life. Hockey star, her new next door neighbor, and not to mention he has
the most delicious hands that insist on saving her over and over again.
He has a way of erasing the pain with a single look, a single touch. As
much as she wants to turn off her feelings and endure the heartache on
her own, she can't deny their intense attraction. Until Josh's secret
shatters their world. And Ember must decide if he's worth the risk that
comes with loving a man who could strip her bare.