Falling for my brother's best friend was not on my to-do list . . . But neither was kissing him the night before he was traded to a team across the country.

Clearly, I didn't think things through and I spent the past decade trying to bury the memory of him. He left and I had no choice but to move on after he seemingly forgot about me. I dove headfirst into my career and after a failed relationship left me a single mom, I had no time for any other distractions that came my way.

But when Lincoln Matthews walks back into my life, my carefully constructed walls begin to crumble. He's my new roommate and no matter how hard I try to resist, old feelings resurface with a force I can't ignore.

Lincoln has never been one to get involved and he doesn't do long-term commitments, unless it's committing to a new hockey team. But something about him is different now.

He's everywhere I turn, everywhere I go, and just when I think I’ve managed to escape his orbit, he's there, pushing me to give him a chance to prove not all guys are like my ex.

But am I ready to let him back in . . . or is it already too late to stop falling for him all over again?

Contains mature themes.