He was supposed to be my best friend. Not the person I'd risk everything for.
Mason Brooks has spent six years surviving his father's fists and hiding the bruises beneath his hockey gear. As the left wing for his high school team, the ice is the only place he feels alive the only place where the pain stops and he can just play.
Tyler Kane is the coach's son, the team captain, and Mason's best friend since third grade. They're the top line everyone fears, moving together like they share one mind. But lately, Tyler's been looking at Mason differently. And Mason's been looking back.
When Tyler discovers the truth about Mason's home life, everything changes. One moment of vulnerability in an empty locker room shatters the walls Mason has built, and suddenly Tyler isn't just his teammate anymore he's his lifeline.
But coming out as gay in a hockey town is complicated enough. Add in Mason's abusive father, college scouts watching their every move, and the growing heat between them they can't ignore, and things get dangerous fast.
Tyler's willing to fight for Mason to give him a safe place to land, to love him openly, to build a future together. But Mason's learned that wanting things only leads to pain. And when his father discovers their relationship, Mason has to decide: keep running and pushing Tyler away, or finally fight back for the life and the love he deserves.
BLUE LINE HEARTS is a steamy M/M hockey romance featuring:
Mason Brooks has spent six years surviving his father's fists and hiding the bruises beneath his hockey gear. As the left wing for his high school team, the ice is the only place he feels alive the only place where the pain stops and he can just play.
Tyler Kane is the coach's son, the team captain, and Mason's best friend since third grade. They're the top line everyone fears, moving together like they share one mind. But lately, Tyler's been looking at Mason differently. And Mason's been looking back.
When Tyler discovers the truth about Mason's home life, everything changes. One moment of vulnerability in an empty locker room shatters the walls Mason has built, and suddenly Tyler isn't just his teammate anymore he's his lifeline.
But coming out as gay in a hockey town is complicated enough. Add in Mason's abusive father, college scouts watching their every move, and the growing heat between them they can't ignore, and things get dangerous fast.
Tyler's willing to fight for Mason to give him a safe place to land, to love him openly, to build a future together. But Mason's learned that wanting things only leads to pain. And when his father discovers their relationship, Mason has to decide: keep running and pushing Tyler away, or finally fight back for the life and the love he deserves.
BLUE LINE HEARTS is a steamy M/M hockey romance featuring:
- Friends to lovers with years of pining
Found family and chosen brothers
Hurt/comfort and emotional healing
Coming out and first love
Protective cinnamon roll love interest
High school hockey rivalry and championship stakes
Dual POV alternating chapters
On-page intimacy
HEA guaranteed
Content warnings: Parental physical abuse (not romanticized), homophobic language, violence, trauma recovery. All featured characters are 18+.
Genre: Gay Romance
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