There was hate.

And then there was the love that hid behind it.

Maddy Roberts knew all about hate—she hated what was done to her, hated the person she'd become, hated the way she'd hurt the people who loved her.

But now she was doing her best to turn her life around.

Lucas Clark—her brother's close friend and one of the star hockey players on the San Francisco Gold—wasn't like her. He had his life together...

And...sometimes he looked at her like he thought she might be the key to his universe.

Like he thought she could be different. With him.

Like maybe he thought she could be the person for him.

Forever.