Skating the Line
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Last published Fri, May 15, 2026
A slow burn, best friends-to-lovers hockey romance filled with longing looks, crossed lines, and the kind of tension that turns friendship into something dangerously irresistible.
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Griffin Abernathy doesn't do distractions. Northfield's golden boy on the ice, he's built his life and his future on discipline and sacrifice.
Distraction is all Dylan Swallow does - happily drifting between ideas and plans, and never sticking to anything. Except Griffin.
They've been inseparable since childhood.
Until one kiss changes everything.
Now they're crossing lines they swore they wouldn't, lying to everyone-including themselves-and wanting each other in ways that feel too dangerous to name.
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