Hockey, holidays, and a slap shot to the heart Single mom and flower shop owner, Jillian Morgan, once had a promising career as a women's hockey player. But life gave her a slap shot to the heart; she left the ice and now has a precocious six-year-old daughter who loves hockey as much as she once did. With the busy holiday season approaching in the small town of Dickens, Jillian's focus is on her daughter-not romance.Then a newcomer stops in for flowers. He might be good-looking-no, great-looking-but Jillian doesn't need a complication of the male variety.Brett Parsons hasn't held a hockey stick in ten years, not since an injury ended his dreams of becoming an NHL star. He's moved to Dickens to help his newly widowed mother and rebuild his life after a broken engagement. Dating is the last thing on his mind-until he meets a pretty blue-eyed florist who makes him reconsider.Brett is delighted when he takes a job coaching the local youth hockey team-only to discover Jillian's daughter is one of his players. Jillian is far from the average hockey mom, and Brett finds himself eager to uncover the secrets behind her guarded heart.Jillian knows it's safer to stay single than risk another heartbreak. But life rarely turns out as planned. In a town that cherishes Christmas, hockey pucks and holly berries might just lead to kisses under the mistletoe.