Pieces of Forever

VIVIAN I’ve learned the sad reality that being the daughter of an NHL legend comes with a cost. Men don’t want me, they want an in with a legend. It’s why I moved out in a tiny New Hampshire town and bought a quaint cottage where nobody knows who I am. If I never saw the male species again, it would be too soon. Until one literally falls off my horse and looks up at me from the dirt with ridiculously green eyes, and I make the catastrophic mistake of finding him attractive. He’s exactly the kind of infuriatingly ruggedly handsome that should send me walking the other direction. Broad shoulders, easy smile, and charm that’s almost impossible to turn down. Almost. I just can’t seem to remember why I’m supposed to when he looks at me like I’m a meal, and not a meal ticket. BRODY Twenty-nine and still in the AHL. Still hearing my father’s voice. Not enough. Never enough. I came back to New Hampshire to get my head straight. Not to fall off a horse in front of a woman who stops t...