I’ve spent fifteen years in the NHL hiding who I really am. One more season, and I can retire with my secret intact. Then Stryker Bell crashes into my life. He’s got hands of gold, a mouth made for sin, and a body that moves like a promise. He’s young, cocky, and everything I shouldn’t want. But no matter how hard I try to keep my distance, every glance feels like foreplay, and every word from his mouth a dare. After a brutal loss on the road, I finally break. One raw, desperate moment, and I’ve got my mouth on his, starving for a taste. Now I’m falling for the rookie who makes me feel more alive than I ever have, while battling trauma I buried so deep I almost believed it was gone. But if I don’t fight for Bell, I won’t just retire in the closet, I’ll lose the only man who’s ever made me want to step out of it.