As Troy spends time with Harris, driving around looking at Christmas lights, the men silently acknowledge their attraction. He also soon develops a crush on the team's out and proud social media manager, Harris Drover. Troy is initially ill-at-ease in Ottawa, but he has an ally in the team's captain, series regular (and Reid's charming secret weapon) Ilya Rozanov. He's also reevaluating the homophobic persona and bad behavior their friendship brought out in him. Troy is still reeling after confronting Dallas Kent, his former teammate and ex-best friend, over accusations that Dallas is a sexual predator.

Reid keeps on scoring in her fifth hockey-themed Game Changers romance (after Common Goal), which kicks off as closeted Troy Barrett is traded to the Ottawa Centaurs. But indulging in each other behind closed doors is one thing, and for Troy, being in a public relationship with Harris will mean facing off with his fears, once and for all. Suddenly, Troy’s move to the new team feels like an opportunity-for Troy to embrace his true self, and for both men to surrender to their growing attraction. And when he sees Troy’s smile finally crack through his grumpy exterior, well… That’s a man Harris couldn’t turn his back on if he wanted to. Even when he’s developing a crush he’s sure is one-sided. Harris Drover can tell standoffish Troy isn’t happy about the trade-anyone could tell, frankly, as he doesn’t exactly hide it well-but Harris doesn’t give up on people easily. He doesn’t want to be in the news anymore, and he definitely doesn’t want to “work on his online presence” with the team’s peppy social media manager. Traded to the worst team in the league would be bad enough, but coming on the heels of a messy breakup and a recent scandal… Troy just wants to play hockey and be left alone. The hits just keep coming for Troy Barrett. The highly anticipated fifth novel in USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series sees a grumpy professional hockey player meet his match in an out-and-proud social media manager…

'Rachel Reid crafted a story of true heart, beauty, heat, and glorious, hard-won redemption! I loved both heroes and their journey to love was a gorgeous one to watch!' -Lauren Blakely, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Scoring With Him

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