The last thing in the world Samuel Braga ever thought he be doing is fighting to keep his daughter.
When a spinal cord injury prevents Sam from following his career in football, he flees his home in Alaska and finds himself working at a tattoo shop with an old friend. It’s not the life he imagined, especially when he ends up getting custody of his cousin’s baby, but soon Maisy and work become his entire world.
Then the retired NHL player Niko Pagonis rolls into town.
Niko is effortlessly charming and incredibly good looking—and he’s interested in Sam. But Niko couldn’t have showed up at a worse time. DCS has been making Sam jump through hoops to keep his daughter, and it’s starting to look like he might lose the case.
Sam doesn’t have time for romance, especially with a man who would never understand that Sam’s daughter has to come first. But as things get harder, and Niko doesn’t back away, Sam starts to wonder if maybe love really can withstand the worst the universe has to offer.