The New York Times bestselling author of Defending Hearts returns to small-town New Hampshire where a substitute football coach and a guidance counselor tackle love.

Sam Leavitt has returned to Stewart Mills to become the substitute football coach and to reconnect with his mother. Now he must work hard to keep the boys on track, and that means spending time with the sexy guidance counselor he shared a sexy night with months ago.

Jen Cooper’s looking for a cultured, romantic soul, and Sam just isn’t that guy. But seeing him every day makes her start to question what she really wants out of life. And as Sam begins to deal with his past, Jen discovers there’s more to him than she imagined.