Protecting her was easy. Falling for her was inevitable.
Andrew Thomas is used to being counted on—on the ice as a professional hockey player and off it by his best friend, Liam Beck. So when Liam calls from a film set in Australia with a desperate favor, Andrew doesn't hesitate. Liam's little sister, Lily, has just lost her Baltimore townhouse in a fire, and Liam can't get home to help her.
Andrew barely remembers the shy little girl Lily used to be. But when he finds her barefoot in a nightgown, wrapped in a blanket beside an ambulance, he realizes she's lost everything. His only thought is getting her somewhere safe. His place.
What starts as a favor quickly becomes something Andrew never saw coming. Lily is beautiful, strong, and vulnerable—and the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the attraction between them. But she's Liam's little sister, and Andrew knows she should be off-limits.
Lily wants him too, but she's spent her life watching the people who promised to stay walk away. She doesn't believe in forever. Andrew does.
Now the hockey star who's always known how to fight for what he wants has to convince Lily that this time, someone really will stay.
