ery, and some minor home repairs should be enough for one woman, but life has other plans for Emily. When Emily decides to start her life over away from everything she's ever known, she only has one thing on her mind--her daughter. Her new bakery is thriving, her daughter, Tinsley, is settling in well, and she has never felt more at home, but what happens when a new man walks into her bakery and sparks feelings in her that she thought she'd buried a long time ago? What starts as an unknown setup between Emily and Ian quickly leads to genuine attraction. Emily wants to push aside the first spark she's felt in years, but Ian makes it difficult when she watches the way he interacts with Tinsley and how he steps up when she's felt alone for a long time.

Ian, a hockey player in the prime of his career, has never met anyone important enough to come between him and the game. When he meets Emily and her little girl, he has to decide if he's ready to jump in with both feet or walk away completely. Ian isn't sure a relationship, let alone a full family, is currently in the cards for him. He's in the prime of his hockey career and on the road more often than not, but after finding himself continually distracted by his hometown's baker and his stats starting to slip, he feels like he at least needs to give it a shot. Things only get more complicated when Emily's past comes back to haunt her and threaten what they've begun to build.