num_pages: 244
description: The Carolina Cougars keep fighting for love as the Second Chances series from bestselling author L. P. Dover continues! In Defending Hayden a damaged football star teams up with the only woman who can take the pain away. No ones 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 faade to the man he once was . . . and can be again. When a chance roadside encounter brings Derek into her life veterinarian Hayden Hunter isnt fooled by his bad attitude: All bark and no bite hes 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.
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title: Defending Hayden
publisher: Loveswept