Gloves Off: An MM Hockey Sports Romance

He’s the NHL’s most vicious enforcer. I’m the rookie goalie with a target on my back.

Zane My first game as a starting NHL goaltender, and I did what I do best: I made the save, and then I ran my mouth. I didn't expect the opposing team's biggest sniper to hurl a slur at me. And I definitely didn't expect Brant Maddox to nearly kill the guy for it. Brant is thirty-four, six-foot-five of pure muscle, and fiercely closeted. He’s also the man I’ve been secretly in love with since I was fifteen years old. I’m an openly gay, flashy rookie. He’s the grumpy veteran who speaks with his fists. We don't make sense. But when forced proximity pushes us together on the road, the ice between us shatters.

Brant I lost my first love to violence when I was a teenager. I swore I’d never let anyone I care about get hurt again, and I definitely swore I’d never come out. My fists protect my team, and my silence protects my heart. But Zane Ellis is a blinding, beautiful risk I can't look away from. He’s sunshine and pure fire, and keeping my hands off him is becoming the hardest fight of my career. But loving him means stepping out of the shadows—and a secret this big can only stay hidden for so long before it burns everything down.

Gloves Off is a high-heat, high-emotion MM sports romance featuring a grumpy/sunshine dynamic, an age gap, forced proximity, and a fiercely protective hero.