Where to Start with Chase Power — A Reader’s Guide to the MM Hockey & Firefighter Catalog (2026)
The fastest way to bounce off a new author is starting in the wrong book. Chase Power’s catalog runs across pro hockey, college hockey, firefighter, MMA, NFL, and romantic suspense — forty-plus titles deep — and three of those settings could be “book one” depending on what you actually want from your next read. This guide is the version of that decision tree that doesn’t assume you already know.
Power writes high-heat MM romance with one through-line: the moment competition becomes obsession. Captain / star player. Veteran / rookie. Enforcer / new recruit. Rival captain / rival captain. Coach / player. The older partner has fifteen years of careful silence and the muscle memory of pretending he’s only watching the footwork. The younger one has the audacity to walk into the room anyway and the clarity to call what they’ve both been doing. The books are explicit — 5/5 inferno across the board, no fade-to-black — but the heat tracks the competitive architecture rather than the other way around. That’s the part that surprises new readers.
Below: three anchor entry points (the safest “if you’re new to this author, pick one of these” picks), six reader-type recommendations for sharper specs, a Books Like Chase Power comp list, and the FAQ that handles everything else. Most titles below run free with Kindle Unlimited; a handful are wide-released and listed on their book pages.
The Three Anchor Entry Points
These are the three books that consistently land for new readers — each one a different register of the catalog. Pick the dynamic that calls to you and the heat takes care of itself.
The Captain’s Crown — The Signature Chase Power Book
Captain. Star player. Best friends for nine years. Last night, on his desk, he made him beg for it. Today they have practice. This is the definitive Chase Power read — best friends to lovers, secret relationship, captain/star-player dynamic, praise kink threaded through every scene, and the slow-burn payoff readers keep coming back for. If you came here from BookTok hockey romance and you want one Chase Power book to test the catalog, this is the one. Strong opening, tight chapter-one CTA, and the cleanest gateway to the wider hockey roster.
Vet’s Good Boy — If You Want the Age Gap
Forty-four-year-old veteran in his last season. Twenty-four-year-old rookie who shows up at five-forty-five every morning to learn from him. The mentor-to-lover age-gap arc with bi awakening, praise kink, touch starvation, and the kind of forbidden tension only twenty years of self-denial can produce. This is the age-gap entry point and the title most-recommended to readers crossing over from Jace Wilder’s catalog. The veteran’s late-career body and quiet competence are the load-bearing element — the rookie’s slow recognition that watching the older man work is itself a form of being courted is the engine.
Gloves Off — If You Want It Harder
6’5″, 250-pound enforcer. Fifteen years in the closet. The rookie who spent nine years waiting for him. Enemies-to-lovers, age gap, size difference, closeted veteran, hurt/comfort, found family. This is the catalog at its most dynamically charged — if you’ve been reading the harder end of indie KU hockey and want the version that doesn’t soften, start here. The enforcer’s fifteen-year silence is the load-bearing element, and the rookie’s careful, decade-deep patience is what finally cracks it. Standalone but braids into the wider hockey cluster if you keep going.
Pick Sharper: Six Reader-Type Recommendations
If one of the three above doesn’t quite match your spec, the catalog is deep enough to get more granular. These are the picks for readers who already know what they want.
If You Want the Comfort Read → Farm Team, Found Family
Minor-league hockey. Small-town roster. The slower register of the catalog — the players who didn’t make the pro shelf and built a different kind of life, and the relationship that grows out of that. Same hockey DNA, lower-stakes professional context, more space for the emotional architecture to breathe. If you’ve been reading the slower end of MM hockey and want a Chase Power book that runs at a quieter register, this is the entry point.
If You Want Coach/Player Authority Kink → Coach’s Pet
Head coach with the kind of authority that only comes from years of being right. Player who’s spent the entire season finding new ways to test it. The coach/player dynamic at its structural extreme — authority kink, age gap, the kind of professional-power inversion that runs the rivals architecture in reverse. The praise lands because the player has spent his whole career performing without ever being told he’s enough by the only person whose verdict matters. If you specifically came for authority kink and the moment somebody finally hands over control, this is the title.
If You Want Rivals-to-Lovers → Pucking Around in Sin City
Las Vegas. The Sin City Vipers. Two captains who’ve been keeping each other awake for three seasons, an offseason that puts them in the same city for reasons neither of them is willing to name, and the architecture of a rivalry that’s structurally been the relationship all along. If you came from BookTok rivals-to-lovers — the Heated Rivalry energy, hockey edition — this is the Chase Power title that runs that engine directly. Standalone but the Sin City Vipers series opener if you want to keep going.
If You Want the Firehouse → Firehouse Heat
Same Power DNA, different setting. The firehouse cluster runs the protective-alpha hurt/comfort architecture the hockey side built its name on, transposed into 24/48 shifts, station crew dynamics, and the kind of close-quarters work that strips you down. If you came from the firefighter shelf or you’ve been reading hockey romance and want to test the catalog’s other lane, Firehouse Heat is the entry point. Pairs cleanly with Engine 8, Heart 1 if you want to keep reading in the firehouse.
If You Want Mentor/Rookie + Hurt/Comfort → Yes, Lieutenant
Lieutenant Eli Rourke hasn’t slept through the night in six years. The firehouse runs on iron discipline because the alternative is the loss he hasn’t recovered from. The new rookie who can’t stop pushing him is younger, sharper, and structurally incapable of letting the lieutenant’s exterior stand. The mentor/rookie dynamic with the grief load-bearing underneath — authority kink, praise kink, bi awakening on the rookie’s side, and the slow corruption of the chain of command into something neither man can keep professional. If you read for the moment grief finally lets somebody close, this is the title.
If You Want a Catalog Outlier → Joystick
The non-hockey, non-firefighter pick that still runs the same Power DNA. Two gamers — roommates, streaming partners, daily co-presence for years — finally collide with the architecture they’ve been building the whole time. Best-friends-to-lovers, bi awakening on one side, slow-burn roommates dynamic. If you’ve been reading the hockey shelf and want to see what Power does when the professional-league stakes get replaced by streaming partnership stakes, Joystick is the angle. Same emotional architecture, different industry.
Books Like Chase Power — If You’re Comp-Shopping
Worth knowing what trad-pub MM hockey is closest in shape if you want to anchor the read against something familiar. Four titles that pair well as either lead-in or chaser.
Heated Rivalry — Rachel Reid. The single closest trad-pub comp to the Chase Power catalog — MM hockey rivals/closeted-pros architecture, decade-spanning, the dynamic that built the modern subgenre. Pucking Around in Sin City and Gloves Off both run this engine on the indie side. Get Heated Rivalry on Amazon →
The Long Game — Rachel Reid. The Heated Rivalry sequel — the closeted-pros-go-public architecture. Pairs as lead-in to The Captain’s Crown if the secret-relationship side of Power’s catalog is what’s pulling you. Get The Long Game on Amazon →
Him — Sarina Bowen & Elle Kennedy. The college-hockey best-friends-to-lovers comp, dual-POV. Pairs with The Captain’s Crown for the best-friends-secret-relationship architecture, and with Vet’s Good Boy for the mentor-mentee crossover. Get Him on Amazon →
Common Goal — Sarina Bowen. The older-MM coming-out-via-younger-partner architecture, mid-tier heat. Pairs well as lead-in to Vet’s Good Boy — same late-career body-first competence at the load-bearing center, with Power’s catalog going harder on the on-page work. Get Common Goal on Amazon →
After Your First Power: Where to Go Next
The catalog runs in clusters and the easiest way to keep reading is to follow whichever cluster your first book belonged to. Captain/star-player and best-friends readers stay in the pro-hockey cluster — The Captain’s Crown leads into Vet’s Good Boy, then into Gloves Off and the enforcer titles, and from there into the Sin City Vipers series (Pucking Around in Sin City). Coach/player readers move from Coach’s Pet into the wider authority-kink shelf. Comfort readers move from Farm Team, Found Family into the small-town hockey cluster. Firehouse readers stay in the firefighter cluster — Firehouse Heat leads into Engine 8, Heart 1 and Yes, Lieutenant. Catalog outliers and bi-awakening readers stay with Joystick and pivot into the streaming/gaming-adjacent titles.
The trope reading guides on the Chase Power author page map every title by hockey / praise kink / age gap / rivals / firefighter so you can keep following the thread you came in on.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where should I start with Chase Power?
Three solid entry points: The Captain’s Crown for the signature captain/star-player praise-kink read, Vet’s Good Boy for a 20-year age-gap mentor arc with bi awakening, or Gloves Off for enemies-to-lovers with a closeted enforcer and the rookie who waited nine years for him. Pick the dynamic that calls to you — the heat is consistent across all three.
Are Chase Power books on Kindle Unlimited?
Most are. The bulk of the catalog runs through Kindle Unlimited — free to read if you’re a KU subscriber. A handful of titles are wide-released across Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Google Play; the individual book page for each title lists its current retailers. Every book also has a bonus chapter hosted on this site that was too explicit for Amazon.
Do Chase Power books need to be read in order?
Almost never. The vast majority of the catalog is standalone with HEA endings. The Sin City Vipers series shares a roster with other hockey titles, but each book is a complete story. Read in any order; chase the connecting threads if you spot them.
What’s the spice level on Chase Power books?
5/5 inferno across the board, no fade-to-black. Explicit on-page sex with frank language, integrated into the emotional arc rather than confined to scene-bookends. Most titles include praise kink, D/s dynamics, age gap, or some combination. Reader caution: this is not the right author for closed-door MM romance.
Does Chase Power write hockey only?
Hockey is roughly 80% of the catalog. The rest runs through firefighter romance (Firehouse Heat, Engine 8 Heart 1, Yes Lieutenant), MMA sports romance, NFL, and the occasional romantic suspense — same DNA, different settings. Protective alphas, hurt/comfort, the kind of chemistry that earns the close-quarters work.
What’s the best Chase Power book?
Reader favorites consistently include The Captain’s Crown (the captain/star-player praise-kink favorite), Gloves Off (the enforcer/rookie enemies-to-lovers reader pick), Vet’s Good Boy (the age-gap entry), and Farm Team, Found Family (the small-town comfort read). “Best” is taste-dependent — those four are the most-recommended entry points.
Does Chase Power write outside MM romance?
No. The entire Chase Power catalog is MM romance. For MM age-gap with a different angle (daddy kink, cabin, contractor), see Jace Wilder. For sapphic romance, see Aurora North. For why-choose with female main characters, see Isla Wilde. For college-sports MF, see Rowan Black.
How often does Chase Power release new books?
Frequently. Recent releases include Illegal Contact (June 2026), Straight in the Sheets (June 2026), Wrestling for Control (May 2026), and Victory Lap (May 2026). The Latest Releases grid on the author page updates as new titles drop. Newsletter signup below for release notifications.
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