Power Play: A Cold Harbor Novel (Small Town Hockey Romance: The Cold Harbor #2)
Finn Archer
The team captain who's sacrificed everything meets the cocky rookie who might be his last mistake — or his last chance.
Elias Thorne is forty years old and running out of time. As captain of the Cold Harbor Mammoths, he's dragging a team of misfits toward their first playoff berth before his body gives out. He's respected, disciplined, and exhausted. The last thing he needs is to babysit an arrogant twenty-one-year-old with a terrible attitude and a worse reputation. But when Julian "Jules" Vane crashes into Cold Harbor as his last chance before the league gives up on him, Elias is stuck playing mentor to the kid he'd rather bench.
Jules is a first-round draft pick who flamed out spectacularly — brawls, parties, and a mouth that writes checks his body can't cash. He's defiant because it hurts less when they give up on him if he never let them in. He expects Elias to tear him down like every other authority figure. Instead, the gruff captain sees through the armor. And Jules realizes the icy authority he's been fighting is exactly what he's been craving his whole life.
Forced into a fake dating scheme for team PR, the line between performance and reality blurs fast. Road trip roommates. Extra practice sessions. Stolen glances in the locker room. Elias's rare praise lands like oxygen. But the age gap, the power imbalance, and the weight of the season create impossible stakes. Elias is terrified of taking advantage. Jules is terrified his feelings will be dismissed as hero worship. And both are about to discover that the riskiest play is the one that could win them everything.
Age gap (40/21). Enemies to lovers. Mentor/protégé forbidden romance. Fake dating for PR. Explicit M/M hockey romance with high stakes and higher heat.
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