Shane invites Ilya to his lakeside cottage for two quiet weeks in the off-season. It's supposed to be uncomplicated. No teams, no press, no pretending. Instead, it turns into slow mornings, shared meals, negotiated control, and the kind of closeness that's a lot harder to walk away from than either of them expected.

Married life couldn't be better for Ilya Rozanov and his beautiful husband, Shane Hollander. They shared a home, a dog, and the very promised trophy room. They loved each other and couldn't be happier. Fans also loved them, husbands playing together? THE DREAM. Yet, still, as their first year of marriage passed by... they couldn't help but think something was missing. Someone was missing. They had so much love to give still. But it wouldn't be as easy as they thought.

for others, summer meant vacation, freedom and relaxation. for shane and ilya, it meant sex. SECOND book of the FOUR 3. #shane - 10.01.2026. 4. #ilya - 10.01.2026. 5. #heated - 10.01.2026. 3. #hollander - 12.01.2026. 2. #rozanov - 12.01.2026. 3. #ilya - 13.01.2026. 1. #rozanov - 13.01.2026. 1. #hollander - 19.01.2026. 1. #shane - 22.01.2026. || hollanov ff > mm || the characters belong to rachel reid, but this story is from my imagination only >> so all rights reserved to me