Illegal Contact

An MM lacrosse romance

One hit changed everything. One choice made it impossible to go back.

Evan Mercer has built his career on control—on playing clean, staying composed, and never giving the league a reason to doubt him. Liam Kade has never learned how to play small, on or off the field. When their rivalry explodes during a brutal season opener, the league forces them into close quarters neither of them wants… or can escape.

What begins as hostility turns dangerous.
What turns dangerous becomes undeniable.

As chemistry ignites under the glare of media scrutiny and pro scouts, Evan retreats behind discipline and image—while Liam refuses to be managed, hidden, or minimized. When a violent hit nearly ends everything, Evan crosses a line he can’t uncross, risking his career to protect the one man who’s already changed him.

Suspensions follow. Consequences land. Silence forces truth into the open.

Off the field, Evan must finally choose who he is without the armor—without performance, without permission.

Because winning doesn’t mean much if you lose yourself.

Illegal Contact is a high-heat, emotionally intense queer sports romance about power, fear, reputation, and choosing love when it costs you something real. Featuring enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, forbidden chemistry, and a hard-won HEA, this is a Men of the Match novel where the hardest fight isn’t the one on the field.