The Power Play Series by Chris Savage

He's the last person I should want. He's the only person I do. Cole Briggs was Chicago's golden boy—until he came out and they traded him to a team that doesn't exist yet. Now he's the face of the Atlanta Reapers, an NHL expansion franchise built from castoffs and second chances. He's ready to prove Chicago wrong. He's ready to lead. He is absolutely, categorically not ready for Mikhail Volkov... moreHe's the last person I should want. He's the only person I do. Cole Briggs was Chicago's golden boy—until he came out and they traded him to a team that doesn't exist yet. Now he's the face of the Atlanta Reapers, an NHL expansion franchise built from castoffs and second chances. He's ready to prove Chicago wrong. He's ready to lead. He is absolutely, categorically not ready for Mikhail Volkov. Mik is six-foot-three of cold Russian granite with a scar through his eyebrow and the emotional range of a parking meter. He doesn't talk. He doesn't smile. He hip-checked Cole into the boards two years ago and never even apologized. And now, thanks to the world's worst housing coordinator, they're sharing a hotel room for training camp. One room. One bed. One Russian who won't stop being shirtless. Cole can't stand him. Mik won't look at him. The tension between them could melt the ice they play on. And when a road trip, a snowstorm, and a single hotel room conspire to put them exactly where neither of them wants to be—close enough to stop pretending—the thing they've been fighting turns out to be the thing they can't live without. But Mik has spent his entire life in the closet, and Cole has spent his entire career being the NHL's most visible out player. Going public means risking Mik's family, his career, and everything he's built behind his mask. Staying secret means asking Cole to go back into the dark he fought so hard to leave. The ice doesn't care who you love. The world does. Icing is an enemies-to-lovers MM hockey romance with scorching heat, a grumpy Russian defenseman, a golden boy with a chip on his shoulder, and an HEA that'll make you ugly-cry on public transit. First in the Power Play series. Dual POV. No cliffhanger. KU enrolled. Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, only one bed, forced proximity, secret relationship, coming out, he falls first, bi MC/gay MC. less

His hands shake after every fight. The only person who makes them stop is the one person he can't let in. Wes Chen is the Atlanta Reapers' enforcer. He hits, he bleeds, he sits in the penalty box while the crowd chants his name. Then he goes home alone and bakes bread at 2 AM because kneading dough is the only thing that stops his hands from shaking. Nobody knows about the bread. Nobody knows about the shaking. Nobody knows that the man the league calls a weapon is quietly falling apart... moreHis hands shake after every fight. The only person who makes them stop is the one person he can't let in. Wes Chen is the Atlanta Reapers' enforcer. He hits, he bleeds, he sits in the penalty box while the crowd chants his name. Then he goes home alone and bakes bread at 2 AM because kneading dough is the only thing that stops his hands from shaking. Nobody knows about the bread. Nobody knows about the shaking. Nobody knows that the man the league calls a weapon is quietly falling apart. Then Luca Moretti shows up. New equipment manager. Italian grandmother's biscotti in one hand, unsolicited kindness in the other. He's warm where Wes is cold, loud where Wes is silent, and completely unbothered by the fact that Wes has responded to every attempt at friendship with what the team calls his "murder face. ". Luca doesn't care about the murder face. Luca sees what's behind it. When an injury forces Wes into Luca's care every morning, the distance between them starts to collapse. Gentle hands on bruised ribs. Tea delivered without being asked. A sticky note that says "For Grumpy" with a smiley face. And a slow, terrifying realization that the feelings Wes is developing for this man don't fit any category he's ever built for himself. Wes has never wanted a man before. He's never wanted anyone like this. And the thing about breaking away from everything you thought you were is that you can't go back to who you were before. Breakaway is a grumpy/sunshine MM hockey romance with a bi-awakening that will wreck you, an enforcer who bakes his feelings, an equipment manager who fights with biscotti, and an HEA worth every bruise. Second in the Power Play series. Can be read as a standalone. Dual POV. No cliffhanger. KU enrolled. Tropes: grumpy/sunshine, bi-awakening, hurt-comfort, forced proximity (injury), touch starved, found family, he falls first. less

He's been in love with his best friend's brother for ten years. Tonight, the brother is moving into his guest room. Jonah Park is the Atlanta Reapers' center and everyone's favorite teammate. He's the glue. The good guy. The one who always has the right joke at the right moment and who goes home alone to an apartment where a guest room is set up with 400-thread-count sheets, a reading lamp he drove from Minnesota, and towels folded in thirds. All for a man who has never been invited... moreHe's been in love with his best friend's brother for ten years. Tonight, the brother is moving into his guest room. Jonah Park is the Atlanta Reapers' center and everyone's favorite teammate. He's the glue. The good guy. The one who always has the right joke at the right moment and who goes home alone to an apartment where a guest room is set up with 400-thread-count sheets, a reading lamp he drove from Minnesota, and towels folded in thirds. All for a man who has never been invited. Ren Briggs is Cole's younger brother. Former AHL player. Career over before it started. He's moving to Atlanta to rebuild his life, and Jonah offered him the guest room because Jonah's mouth operates independently of his survival instincts. The lamp was bought at a Target five years ago because Ren once mentioned he liked warm reading light. The receipt cost $34. 99. Jonah framed it. Living with the man you've loved since you were sixteen is an exercise in controlled demolition. Every shared meal, every late night on the couch, every accidental brush of hands in the kitchen is another crack in the wall Jonah built to protect his best friend, his friendship, and the only secret he's ever kept. But Ren is not the fourteen-year-old kid from the dock in Minnesota anymore. Ren is a man who sees more than Jonah thinks, who has been carrying his own secrets for longer than either of them knows, and who is about to make Jonah choose between the safety of silence and the terrifying possibility that ten years of wanting might not have been wasted. The problem with a hat trick is that you need three goals to get one. Three chances. Three risks. Three moments where you put everything on the line. Jonah has been waiting ten years for his first shot. Hat Trick is a best friend's brother MM hockey romance with a decade of pining, a $34. 99 love letter, and an HEA that proves some things are worth the wait. Third in the Power Play series. Can be read as a standalone. Dual POV. No cliffhanger. KU enrolled. Tropes: best friend's brother, he falls first (by a decade), roommates to lovers, bi-awakening, pining, secret relationship, found family. less

Four couples. One team. 170,000 words of pining, bread, and emotionally devastating love scenes. The Atlanta Reapers are the NHL's newest franchise, built from castoffs, trades, and men the rest of the league didn't want. On the ice, they're learning to win. Off the ice, they're learning that the hardest thing in hockey isn't the hitting. It's the falling. ICING — Enemies to lovers. One bed. A Russian who won't apologize and a golden boy who can't stop looking. BREAKAWAY — Grumpy/sunshine... moreFour couples. One team. 170,000 words of pining, bread, and emotionally devastating love scenes. The Atlanta Reapers are the NHL's newest franchise, built from castoffs, trades, and men the rest of the league didn't want. On the ice, they're learning to win. Off the ice, they're learning that the hardest thing in hockey isn't the hitting. It's the falling. ICING — Enemies to lovers. One bed. A Russian who won't apologize and a golden boy who can't stop looking. BREAKAWAY — Grumpy/sunshine. An enforcer who bakes bread at 2 AM and the equipment manager who brings him biscotti. HAT TRICK — Best friend's brother. Ten years of pining. A $34. 99 reading lamp that means everything. BETWEEN THE LINES — Goalie/figure skater. 5 AM ice. Cold coffee. The one audience his body trusts. Each book features a different couple, dual POV, explicit heat, and a guaranteed HEA. No cliffhangers. Best read in order but each stands alone. less

He's the most talented rookie in the draft. He's also the only person on the team who hasn't figured out who he is yet. Jamie Kowalski was drafted 4th overall. His skating speed is generational. His shot release is the fastest in his class. His post-game interviews are three words long because every additional word is a risk, and the thing he's risking is the feeling he can't name, the search he can't type, the question he can't finish. He moved to Atlanta expecting to play hockey... moreHe's the most talented rookie in the draft. He's also the only person on the team who hasn't figured out who he is yet. Jamie Kowalski was drafted 4th overall. His skating speed is generational. His shot release is the fastest in his class. His post-game interviews are three words long because every additional word is a risk, and the thing he's risking is the feeling he can't name, the search he can't type, the question he can't finish. He moved to Atlanta expecting to play hockey. He didn't expect the biscotti in his locker stall. The Russian who said the walls are optional. The enforcer who brought bread and said the alone part is what kills you. The team that loves each other openly and the four couples who make it look easy and the nineteen-year-old in the corner booth with a Sprite who is watching all of it and wondering how anyone gets from here to there. He didn't expect the journalist. Declan Osei covers the Atlanta Reapers for the AJC. He's spent three years earning this beat. He's the reporter players trust, the writer whose features make his editor call instead of email, the man who wears his glasses like armor because the glasses keep the world at the distance the job requires. Then the rookie walks into a hallway and says four words about a Mik Volkov quote and Declan's professional distance starts to crack. A journalist can't fall for a source. A source can't fall for the man who covers him. The line exists to protect the work, and the work is everything Declan built, and the building took three years and cost a thousand unanswered emails and the line is the line is the line. Until it isn't. Until a boy who has never kissed anyone he wanted to kiss meets a man who sees the thing underneath the thing. Until the search bar fills with eleven words at 2 AM and the answer changes everything. Until the press box glass that separates watching from wanting becomes the only barrier left, and the barrier has to break, and the breaking will cost one of them a career and give both of them a life. Offside is a rookie/journalist MM hockey romance with a 4th-overall pick who can't stop watching, a beat writer who can't stop seeing, biscotti as a love language, a sister who already knew, a search bar that changes everything, and an HEA that proves the walls were always optional. Power Play Book Five. Dual POV. Standalone. No cliffhanger. KU enrolled. less