The Shift: Control

A Player/Trainer M/M Hockey Romance

De: Michael Beaulieu

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

He plays as if he's got nothing to lose. The one man who can bench him knows exactly what it's costing.

Caleb Morrison earned his spot on the Boston Liberty the only way he knows how: by refusing to stop. Hurt, exhausted, one bad shift from being sent down — it doesn't matter. You play through it, or someone takes your place. He learned that the hard way, and he's not about to forget it now that he's finally in the show.

Ethan Shaw reads bodies for a living. He sees the wince Caleb hides, the shoulder he's favoring, the lie underneath the grin. As the Liberty's athletic trainer, it's his job to call it — and every instinct he has is telling him this one's going to break himself to prove a point.

What neither of them expects is the pull. The way Caleb goes still under Ethan's hands when he fights everything else. The way Ethan's control slips, just for a second, before he locks it back down. It's a line neither of them should cross — so Ethan does the only honest thing and takes himself off Caleb's clearance entirely.

After that, the only thing standing between them is everything they're both afraid to want.

A slow-burn, hurt/comfort hockey romance about recklessness and restraint, the difference between being managed and being cared for, and what it takes for a man who's only ever performed to finally just stay.

THE SHIFT: CONTROL is the second book in The Shift series and can be read as a standalone. Steam with a slow build, an HFN that earns its heat, and no cheating or cliffhangers.