Overview

Love is the ultimate power play. I have the perfect life. Great friends, my mom's salon where I'm the head stylist, and deep roots supporting local sports and charities in Stickville, Illinois. Sure, I'm a complete disaster when it comes to romance, but everything else is exactly as it should be.

Until the local co-ed hockey team, the Danglers, sends one of their star players to me for a complete makeover before an NHL charity gala.

Nicky is absolutely gorgeous, wickedly funny, and impossibly kind. She's everything I've been secretly dreaming of, but there's one devastating problem: she's become part of my tight-knit friend group. One wrong move, one misread signal, and I could destroy not just my chance with her, but the entire life I've built in this small town. Some risks are worth taking. Others could cost you everything.