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📖 Paperback Edition — Two rival captains. One penalty box. A love that refuses to stay in the dark.

Ethan Cole is hockey’s golden boy. Youngest captain in Boston Titans history, four-time All-Star, the face every sponsor wants. His composure is flawless, his brand is bulletproof, and underneath it all, he’s drowning in anxiety and a praise addiction his father’s conditional love built into his bones. He replays commentator clips alone in his apartment to feel like he’s enough. He is never, ever enough.

Rory Kincaid is hockey’s villain. Captain of the Detroit Iron, the league’s most penalized forward, the enforcer everybody loves to hate. He hits like a freight train and gives press conferences in three-word sentences. What nobody sees: the man who reads philosophy, cooks French food, fosters a one-eyed pit bull named Biscuit, and hasn’t been told he’s good by someone who matters since he was sixteen years old.

When a league PR campaign forces them into a fake sportsmanship initiative — joint photo shoots, shared interviews, a week of cameras following their every move — the hatred that defined their rivalry begins to crack. Because Rory sees through Ethan’s performance. And Ethan sees through Rory’s armor. And the penalty box where they started screaming at each other becomes the space where they start telling each other the truth.

One true thing at a time. One touch at a time. Until the world starts watching. Until a journalist starts digging. Until Ethan has to choose between the brand that keeps him safe and the man who makes him real.

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Inferno • MM Hockey Rivals-to-Lovers Romance by Chase Power

Tropes: Enemies to Lovers • Rivals to Lovers • Forced Proximity • Praise Kink • Secret Relationship • Closeted Athlete • Hurt/Comfort • Coming Out • Found Family • Only Soft for You • HEA

Paperback details: 6 × 9 in • cream paper • matte cover. Includes a link to the exclusive bonus chapter. The ebook edition comes free with your paperback, emailed right after checkout.

⚠️ Content Warning: This novel contains explicit sexual content (graphic MM scenes including praise kink, body worship, and penetrative sex), strong language, sports-related violence, depictions of anxiety and depression, parental emotional neglect, homophobia from specific characters, and self-destructive behavior. Intended for readers 18+.

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