{hockey boyxboy} Hockey captain Hudson Turner has everything mapped out: lead his team, impress NHL scouts, and never give anyone a reason to question him. But when charismatic and openly gay French Canadian exchange player Pierre Lavoie joins the team, Hudson is forced to decide if the love he never expected is worth jeopardizing the future he planned for. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hudson Turner is the kind of captain who never slips. Golden boy. Oldest son. Augustine Academy's pride. He doesn't make mistakes - especially not ones that could cost him everything. Pierre Lavoie is undeniably talented. Magnetic. Unapologetically himself. And, most importantly, he's dangerously uninterested in pretending. What starts as chemistry on the ice turns into something harder to ignore - lingering touches in the locker room, almosts that leave them both aching for more, an insatiable hunger that neither one knows how to survive. One of them is ready to be seen. The other is terrified of what that will cost. Falling for his teammate was never part Hudson's plan. But some connections are impossible to ignore...

"It's okay if you dont like me not everyone has good taste." (Fmc: Alexandra Sokolov) "He was born to rule." (Mmc: Roman Morozov) She was never supposed to be part of his world. Alexandra Sokolov has spent her life surrounded by power, danger, and expectations she never agreed to-especially the one that ties her to Roman Morozov, the ruthless fighter and future Pakhan who's been watching her longer than she's been willing to admit. What starts as forced proximity and unwanted promises quickly turns into something neither of them can control. Between family loyalty, violent pasts, and secrets that refuse to stay buried, Alexandra is pulled into a world where love and danger blur into one. Roman doesn't ask for permission. He doesn't walk away. And when he decides she's his, nothing-not her anger, not her fear, not even her own plans-seems strong enough to keep them apart. But in a world built on control, obsession, and blood-stained loyalty, falling for him might be the most dangerous thing she's ever done.