Books Like Him by Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy — 6 MM Hockey & Jock Bi-Awakening Romances (2026)

Sarina Bowen and Elle Kennedy’s Him is the MM sports romance that launched a thousand jock-awakening TBRs — two childhood best friends from hockey camp, one of them straight (or so he thinks), the other quietly in love for years, thrown back together for a summer on the ice. The best-friends-to-lovers ache, the locker-room tension, the straight-jock bi-awakening handled with real heat and real feelings — if that’s your comfort zone, here are six Fractal Enigma MM romances that hit the same notes, with the door wide open. Reading options vary by title: follow each book link for samples and current retailer availability. Exploring a subscription? See Kindle Unlimited membership options (paid link).

Hockey Season Homewreckers — Chase Power

For the hockey. Two rival players on the same fall rec-league team agree their post-game hookups mean nothing — no feelings, no drama, no kissing in the locker room. Then jealousy over shifts, goals, and who takes whom home first turns beer-league hockey into a full-contact soap opera, and twelve guys who just wanted to play start choosing sides. Teammates-to-lovers, rivals-on-the-same-team, friends-with-benefits, praise kink, found family, coming out. Available at all major retailers. First chapter free →

Pining in Plain Sight — Chase Power

For Wes’s years of quiet pining. Cal Rourke has been half in love with his best friend since the night they met — and has built an entire life around not saying it, a gym he runs with his own hands, and a string of relationships with men who are never quite right, because the right one has been standing next to him for seven years. Then they have to share a bed. Best-friends-to-lovers, bi-awakening, forced proximity, only one bed, praise kink, seven years of pining. Available at all major retailers. First chapter free →

Full Contact — Chase Power

For the closeted jock. Rugby captain Kellan Sayer can survive a tackle, a suspension, and the press — but he has no defense against the man hired to control his story after a charity-gala scandal makes him his club’s most expensive PR disaster. Arden Vale is unflappable, immune to Kellan’s charm, and the last person who should be sharing his hotel suite. Closeted athlete, bi-awakening, crisis manager, forced proximity, secret relationship, age gap, praise kink. Available at all major retailers. First chapter free →

Best Man, Wrong Groom — Jace Wilder

For the childhood best friend he can’t have. Cam Bellamy has it all figured out: a thriving coffee roastery, a beautiful fiancée, and a picture-perfect October wedding at a lakeside lodge. There’s just one problem — the person who makes his pulse race isn’t standing at the altar, he’s standing next to it. Wesley Calder has loved his best friend for thirteen years and never said a word. Best-friends-to-lovers, bi-awakening, cancelled wedding, only one bed, secret pining, slow burn. Available at all major retailers. First chapter free →

Straight-Laced, Bent Over — Jace Wilder

For the straight best friend under the same roof. Adam Keane keeps his life in perfect order — color-coded closet, labeled pantry, quietly convinced no one will ever find the real him desirable. Then his best friend’s apartment floods and Trent Lawson moves in: straight, chaotic, and unbothered by boundaries, sleeping ten feet away. Adam’s self-control was never built for this. Best-friends-to-lovers, bi-awakening, roommates, only one bed, praise kink, he-falls-first. Free with Kindle Unlimited. First chapter free →

Bed, Bath & Bi-Curious — Jace Wilder

For the double bi-awakening. Two straight best friends land the home-renovation reality show of their dreams — right up until the network decides what the audience really wants is “chemistry,” the shooting schedule strands them in one bed, and the cameras catch every second of two men discovering that neither of them is quite as straight as the pitch deck promised. Best-friends-to-lovers, double bi-awakening, reality TV, forced proximity, only one bed, praise kink. Available at all major retailers. First chapter free →

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