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Two For Holding: Minor Penalties #1
Playing defense never won the game - or the guy.
Tom Crowler has been captain of the San Francisco Sea Lions for a decade of failures. With no cups or trophies to show for his time in the NHL, Tom retreated into himself a long time ago, and that’s exactly where he intends to stay until he retires. But when he catches the new team superstar, Jaxon Grant, in a compromising position, Tom finds it impossible to continue hiding his deepest secret behind a bland, pleasant mask.
Jax is everything Tom isn’t: loud, flashy, the winner of multiple NHL Awards, and—oh, yeah—gay enough to get traded to San Francisco because of a potential PR scandal with his old team. At first, he thinks Tom catching him means the next trade, the next rejection for being just a little too much for other people to take. When it turns out the two of them have more in common than talent on the ice, though, Jax finds himself drawn in by pulling Tom out.
As animosity gives way to a partnership neither of them saw coming, Tom and Jax are left facing new challenges. Will Jax’s impulsive nature put Tom’s deeply valued privacy at risk? Or will Tom’s reticence force Jax into pretending to be someone he isn’t? And if they can’t even figure each other out, how can they save a struggling NHL team from bad coaching and internal division?
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Two For Boarding: Minor Penalties #2
There’s no such thing as a safe bet in hockey—or in love
With sixteen years as the San Francisco Sea Lions' top defenseman under his belt, Phil Easton is tired. After his coaches push him into playing on a bad knee and he ends up on long-term injured reserve, the chances of his contract being renewed are dwindling before his eyes. He's ready to hang up his skates when head coach Ben Morris shows up on his doorstep to help him recover. But as what starts as a short term boarding situation to help Phil get around on one leg turns into friendship and maybe more, Phil can't help noticing a few things about his coach that don't add up.
Ben Sinclair has never been a hockey fan. He's never even been a sports fan. Living in Phil's spare room, investigating a scandal at the heart of the Sea Lions' management and growing closer to Phil by the day to do a favor for his estranged family is just one of many brief interludes in his nomadic life. When his family calls in yet another favor in the form of taking in his wayward nephew Charlie, what started as a way for Ben to help Phil quickly becomes the reverse. The closer they grow, the more Ben relies on Phil for help with coaching and Charlie, going against every instinct he's trained into himself for two lonely decades.
With his own heart on the line, can Ben accept Phil's offer of a convenient marriage to keep custody of Charlie? Can Phil figure out his own sexuality in time to make the marriage real? And can both of them work together to protect the Sea Lions from a conspiracy going all the way to the very top?
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Two For Charging: Minor Penalties #3
The right partner can end any scoring slump
Since the moment they met, San Francisco Sea Lions Defenseman Luca Mazetti has harbored a debilitating crush on his on-ice partner and roommate, Breezy. Breezy is loud, friendly, and mistakenly believes himself to be Italian even though he's from Montreal. In short, he's everything Luca never thought he'd want. When Breezy asks for help navigating love and sex, Luca is powerless to resist despite knowing he's only going to end up getting hurt.
Chris knows he's not the sharpest blade on the skate. He can't even figure out why none of his girlfriends stick around, he's definitely not a good fit for the newly vacant alternate captaincy everyone keeps trying to give him. All he wants is for the team to get along despite the changes and upheaval plaguing the roster. If he can keep Luca living in his apartment as well, even better. Chris knows his best friend is way too good for him and will move on eventually, but for reasons he doesn't fully understand, he's desperate to keep Luca's attention.
With dissent brewing among the Sea Lions, can Luca and Chris hold the team together? Or will the team disintegrate along with their friendship? And if it does, can they build something stronger from the rubble?
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Two For Roughing: Minor Penalties #4
The right power play converts when you least expect it
If there’s one thing missing in Kilian Howard’s life, it’s dignity. Talent, good looks, and social skills wouldn’t go amiss either, but it’s the first one he really misses. With everyone on his team treating him like a child, including the second coach in two years threatening to bench him for not being as good at hockey as everyone expects him to be, is it any wonder he turns to a virtual stranger in the form of Damir Denisov to explore some very adult needs?
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Damir is more than willing to engage with Kilian’s clumsy attempts at seduction. Kilian might be a menace on the ice, but he’s sweet in bed. As a gay, Muslim Russian, Damir’s life has been a long sequence of looming rejection for one or the other part of his identity and the pressure is getting to him. Kilian is at first a welcome distraction and then one of the only people to understand Damir’s situation.
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When Kilian is traded to Damir’s team, what was at best a long-distance situationship becomes much more complicated than either of them anticipated. Can Damir’s support help Kilian overcome his self-doubt and find a place in the world of hockey? Or will Kilian’s desire to become the queer role model he never had force Damir to abandon their budding relationship to protect himself?