Nineth Inning

In Boston, pressure makes legends—or breaks them.

Doug Mercer has built his life around discipline. As the steady, unshakable captain of the Boston Beacons, he’s learned how to survive the city’s hunger for heroes by keeping his head down, his focus sharp, and his private life locked tight. Winning is safe. Silence is safer.

Lucas Reyes refuses to live that way.

The Beacons’ fearless closer plays with confidence, intensity, and unapologetic honesty—on and off the field. When Doug and Lucas collide, the attraction is immediate, electric, and impossible to ignore. What starts as stolen glances and charged silences quickly becomes something deeper… and far more dangerous.

As the season heats up, so does the scrutiny. A vicious sports-radio personality fans the flames of rumor and suspicion, turning the clubhouse into a pressure cooker. Doug is forced to choose between the fear that’s protected him his entire career—and the truth that could finally set him free.

Because desire isn’t the real risk.

Being seen is.

Set against the grit and glory of Boston baseball, Ninth Inning is a slow-burn, emotionally charged gay romance about courage, loyalty, and the kind of love that can survive the longest, hardest season—if you’re brave enough to claim it.

Sometimes the most dangerous play… is choosing love in the open.