BALL HANDLER
An MM Sports Romance • Standalone • by Chase Power
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Pairing: MM
Heat: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Inferno
Type: Standalone
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, One Bed, Praise Kink, Dom/sub, Hurt/Comfort
The play was simple: Pass the ball. Don’t fall in love with the Center.
Jax Reyes is the league’s flashiest point guard. He lives for the highlight reel, the applause, and the adrenaline. But on the court, his reckless style drives one man crazy.
Ty Washington is everything Jax isn’t: disciplined, stoic, and fundamentally perfect. He’s the team’s anchor — and he can’t stand Jax’s showboating. They’ve spent two years as teammates, barely speaking, simmering in mutual frustration.
Until a Minnesota blizzard grounds the team plane and leaves them with one hotel room. One bed. And a minibar full of whiskey.
When the arguments stop and the truth comes out, the tension snaps. Ty doesn’t just want Jax to pass the ball; he wants Jax to surrender control. And for the first time in his life, Jax doesn’t want to perform. He just wants to beg.
What happens in the hotel room should have stayed there. But back in LA, their chemistry on the court becomes undeniable, and their secret arrangement off the court becomes an addiction neither can quit. But Ty has secrets of his own — scars from a past that taught him silence is safety. When the media sharks begin to circle, Ty has to decide if protecting his privacy is worth losing the man who finally makes him feel alive.
Good boy.
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⚠️ Content Warning
This book contains explicit MM sexual content including Dom/sub dynamics, praise kink, edging, and consensual power exchange. Additional content includes on-page panic attack, past trauma related to non-consensual outing, sports injury and chronic pain, and anxiety representation. All relationships are fully consensual between adults.
Reader discretion advised. This book is intended for mature audiences only.
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The ball was supposed to go to Marcus.
That was the play Coach had drawn up during the timeout — a simple pick-and-roll with Ty setting the screen, Jax driving left, and Marcus spotting up in the corner for the open three. Clean. Efficient. The kind of play that won games in the final seconds.
But Jax had never been good at doing what he was supposed to do.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this book part of a series?
Ball Handler is a complete standalone. Jax and Ty get their full HEA with no cliffhanger.
How spicy is this book?
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️ Inferno. This is a high-heat MM romance with multiple explicit scenes including Dom/sub dynamics, praise kink, edging, and emotional power exchange.
Is there a happily ever after?
Yes! Jax and Ty get their HEA. The book ends with a public kiss on center court after winning the championship, followed by an extended epilogue three months later. No cliffhangers, guaranteed happy ending.
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