Defending Hayden: A Second Chances Novel

Defending Hayden: A Second Chances Novel

<b>The Carolina Cougars keep fighting for love as the Second Chances series from bestselling author L. P. Dover continues! In <i>Defending Hayden, </i>a damaged football star teams up with the only woman who can take the pain away.</b><br /> <i> </i><br /> No one’s tougher than Carolina Cougars linebacker Derek McLaughlin. But when a fatal car accident claims the life of his girlfriend, Derek finds himself caught in a destructive spiral of drugs, alcohol, and meaningless sex. But not even a string of one-night stands can ease the hurt. Football is all he has left. Then fate leads him back to the scene of the crash, and into the arms of a kind, gorgeous woman who sees past his façade to the man he once was . . . and can be again.<br />  <br /> When a chance roadside encounter brings Derek into her life, veterinarian Hayden Hunter isn’t fooled by his bad attitude: All bark and no bite, he’s hiding a wounded heart beneath that gruff demeanor. And Hayden wants to be the one to kiss it all better. Soon they both find that a dose of passion is potent medicine. But when a hidden enemy lashes out at Hayden, Derek steps up to do what he does best: put his body on the line in the name of love.<br />  <br /> <b>Advance praise for L. P. Dover’s <i>Catching Summer</i></b><br /> <b><i> </i></b><br /> “L. P. Dover knows how to create the men who make us swoon, the book boyfriends we all want.”<b>—<i>New York Times </i>bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin</b><br />  <br /> <b>Includes a special message from the editor, as well as an excerpt from another Loveswept title.</b>