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The man he fought on the ice just offered him a spare room.
Finnish defenseman Eero "Mäki" Mäkinen had a good reason to drop his gloves: Montreal's alternate captain put his goalie into a post with a reckless playoff hit. Mäki thought that told him everything he needed to know about Matthieu "Matty" Soucy.
Then came a handshake-line apology Mäki couldn't dismiss. An awkward conversation at a cooler during the Atlanta Firebirds' Stanley Cup party. And the inconvenient discovery that Matty had been watching his game footage long after their teams stopped playing each other.
Matty knows how to take care of a hockey team. Feed the rookies. Back his captain. Make sure nobody goes home hungry. Living with a mistake he can't undo is harder. So is explaining why the defenseman who punched him keeps occupying his thoughts.
Then Atlanta trades Mäki to Montreal.
For Mäki, it means leaving the championship locker room that became his family. For Matty, it means welcoming the man who witnessed his worst moment. And offering him a place in his home before he can think better of it.
They know how to face each other as opponents. Becoming teammates is about to get personal.
Before the Trade is a low-heat MM hockey romance prequel novella about on-ice rivals, unexpected attraction, and the found family inside a professional hockey team. Best for readers who want to meet the Montreal Phantoms locker room before Book One, and for Atlanta Firebirds readers who want one more summer with that room. Matty and Eero's love story continues in Worth the Trade, Book One of the Montreal Phantoms series by Riley Bauer.
Genre: Gay Romance
Finnish defenseman Eero "Mäki" Mäkinen had a good reason to drop his gloves: Montreal's alternate captain put his goalie into a post with a reckless playoff hit. Mäki thought that told him everything he needed to know about Matthieu "Matty" Soucy.
Then came a handshake-line apology Mäki couldn't dismiss. An awkward conversation at a cooler during the Atlanta Firebirds' Stanley Cup party. And the inconvenient discovery that Matty had been watching his game footage long after their teams stopped playing each other.
Matty knows how to take care of a hockey team. Feed the rookies. Back his captain. Make sure nobody goes home hungry. Living with a mistake he can't undo is harder. So is explaining why the defenseman who punched him keeps occupying his thoughts.
Then Atlanta trades Mäki to Montreal.
For Mäki, it means leaving the championship locker room that became his family. For Matty, it means welcoming the man who witnessed his worst moment. And offering him a place in his home before he can think better of it.
They know how to face each other as opponents. Becoming teammates is about to get personal.
Before the Trade is a low-heat MM hockey romance prequel novella about on-ice rivals, unexpected attraction, and the found family inside a professional hockey team. Best for readers who want to meet the Montreal Phantoms locker room before Book One, and for Atlanta Firebirds readers who want one more summer with that room. Matty and Eero's love story continues in Worth the Trade, Book One of the Montreal Phantoms series by Riley Bauer.
Genre: Gay Romance
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