A winger who takes care of everyone. A backup goalie who sees everything. And a road trip, one bed, and a trade deadline that's about to blow the lid off years of careful silence.
Jamie Hayes is the Chicago Storm's heart — the man who reads every room, fills every silence, and makes sure nobody on this team is ever alone. He's also been in love with his best friend for years, and he's made his peace with it. No drama, just the quiet discipline of calling it enough and meaning it.
Clay Abbott, the team's backup goalie, has been watching Jamie with the attention of a man who knows exactly what he feels and has filed it under not for me. When a trade offer gives Abbott a shot at everything he's worked for — starter money, a new city, his name on a jersey that matters — a road trip in a shared hotel room strips away the careful distance they've built.
Now they're running out of road and running out of reasons. With a life-changing trade on the table and the walls closing in, the fragile peace between them is about to shatter. Abbott has a shot at the career he’s always wanted. But taking it means walking away from the one man he can't stop watching.
✓ Friends-to-lovers
✓ Years of mutual pining
✓ One bed, road trip
✓ Ticking (trade deadline) clock
✓ Found family under threat
✓ He fell first, he fell harder
Heat Level: Steamy
Vibes: Achingly patient, devastating tenderness, earned joy
Ending: HEA
Chicago Storm Series Book 3 (standalone)
Some things are worth the risk.
Genre: Gay Romance
Jamie Hayes is the Chicago Storm's heart — the man who reads every room, fills every silence, and makes sure nobody on this team is ever alone. He's also been in love with his best friend for years, and he's made his peace with it. No drama, just the quiet discipline of calling it enough and meaning it.
Clay Abbott, the team's backup goalie, has been watching Jamie with the attention of a man who knows exactly what he feels and has filed it under not for me. When a trade offer gives Abbott a shot at everything he's worked for — starter money, a new city, his name on a jersey that matters — a road trip in a shared hotel room strips away the careful distance they've built.
Now they're running out of road and running out of reasons. With a life-changing trade on the table and the walls closing in, the fragile peace between them is about to shatter. Abbott has a shot at the career he’s always wanted. But taking it means walking away from the one man he can't stop watching.
✓ Friends-to-lovers
✓ Years of mutual pining
✓ One bed, road trip
✓ Ticking (trade deadline) clock
✓ Found family under threat
✓ He fell first, he fell harder
Heat Level: Steamy
Vibes: Achingly patient, devastating tenderness, earned joy
Ending: HEA
Chicago Storm Series Book 3 (standalone)
Some things are worth the risk.
Genre: Gay Romance