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About Off the Ice

He can’t touch him for six weeks. Nobody said he couldn’t tell him what to do.

Rafe Donnelly knows how to take a hit.

He knows how to grin for the camera, own a room, and hand everybody the version of him they paid to see.

Then his knee goes in a contract year, and the only question anyone has left for him is when are you back?

Micah Voss is the first man to ask what he needs tonight.

Ex-player. Nine years older. The calmest person in any building — and on the team payroll, with a clause in his contract that says he can’t lay a finger on a player. But Rafe’s on crutches, his elevator’s out for eight weeks, and Micah has a spare room, no stairs, and a house so quiet Rafe can finally hear himself think.

A temporary arrangement. Clear rules. Six weeks until that contract runs out.

Rafe can work with six weeks. If Micah can’t touch him, he can damn well tell him what to do.

One low, steady good and the league’s golden boy finds out exactly what he’s been missing. One night in Micah’s bed and the most careful man in Pittsburgh finds out what it costs to finally want something for himself.

But Rafe has spent his life being the good news. Micah has spent his being the one nobody has to worry about.

And if they want more than a place to hide, they’re going to have to learn the difference between taking care of someone and taking over.

Off the Ice is a high-heat MM hockey romance with an injured star, an older ex-player who gives very clear instructions, forced proximity, a forbidden countdown, praise kink, hurt/comfort, found family, and a hard-won HEA. No cheating. Standalone.

Why readers will love it

An injured hockey star and the older ex-player who takes him in
Forced proximity: one spare room, one bathroom, one very thin wall
A forbidden countdown — a no-touching clause, a loophole, and midnight on New Year’s Eve
Praise kink — one quiet “Good” that takes the league’s golden boy apart
A calm, careful dom who gives very clear instructions, and a mouthy brat who calls him Coach
Hurt/comfort with real stakes: a second knee surgery in a contract year

Ebook edition details

Format: Digital EPUB ebook (not a paperback or audiobook). Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Inferno. Audience: Adults 18+.

Content notes

⚠️ Content Warning: Off the Ice is a high-heat MM romance for adult readers (18+). It contains explicit sexual content between two adult men, dominance and submission, praise, edging and orgasm control, light bondage, one rough, angry (consensual) scene, a serious sports injury, surgical recovery and an on-page re-injury, pain-medication avoidance, family financial pressure, and strong language. All intimacy is consensual. No cheating. Guaranteed HEA.

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