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In The Hole: A Steamy MM Hockey Romance
Sometimes the deepest connections form in silence...Christian Jensen excels at taking hits. As center for the Northlake Blue Foxes hockey team, he's built his reputation on standing in "the hole" – absorbing punishment that would break lesser players. But off the ice, Christian's careful control conceals deeper bruises, ones no one can see.
Dr. Ethan Price, the team's new physiotherapist, notices what others miss – the way Christian uses physical pain to quiet emotional noise. With steady hands and quiet perception, Ethan sees beyond the stoic athlete to the man carefully holding himself together.
As winter deepens across campus, something undeniable builds between in treatment rooms under warm lights, in chance encounters that become anything but chance, in moments of vulnerability where words fail and touch becomes their truest language.
But when professional boundaries and personal fears collide, both men must decide if what's growing between them is worth the risk of being truly seen – and if the comfort of solitude is worth the cost of connection.
In The Hole is a slow-burn, emotionally intimate M/M hockey romance
A quiet, intense hockey player who's forgotten how to ask for helpA steady, observant physiotherapist afraid of giving too muchHealing hands that see beneath the surfaceThe quiet intimacy of being truly knownSoft, emotional caretaking that becomes so much moreBook 3 in the Northlake Blue Foxes series. Each book features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but characters appear throughout the series.
Dr. Ethan Price, the team's new physiotherapist, notices what others miss – the way Christian uses physical pain to quiet emotional noise. With steady hands and quiet perception, Ethan sees beyond the stoic athlete to the man carefully holding himself together.
As winter deepens across campus, something undeniable builds between in treatment rooms under warm lights, in chance encounters that become anything but chance, in moments of vulnerability where words fail and touch becomes their truest language.
But when professional boundaries and personal fears collide, both men must decide if what's growing between them is worth the risk of being truly seen – and if the comfort of solitude is worth the cost of connection.
In The Hole is a slow-burn, emotionally intimate M/M hockey romance
A quiet, intense hockey player who's forgotten how to ask for helpA steady, observant physiotherapist afraid of giving too muchHealing hands that see beneath the surfaceThe quiet intimacy of being truly knownSoft, emotional caretaking that becomes so much moreBook 3 in the Northlake Blue Foxes series. Each book features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but characters appear throughout the series.
183 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 11, 2025
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Luca Reed
129 books3 followersLuca Reed writes heartfelt, character-driven romance stories filled with humor, hope, and happily ever afters. A lifelong storyteller, Luca believes that everyone deserves a love story that feels both real and unforgettable. When not writing, Luca enjoys exploring cozy small towns, getting lost in local coffee shops, and finding inspiration in everyday moments. Luca lives just outside Toronto with the dog Milo and an ever-growing library of favorite books.
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December 4, 2025
WTF. No. This started off with such potential but quickly devolved into this has to be AI writing. Maybe not all, but some. A look at the author's footprint online reveals nothing indicating that they are a real person. No website, no blog, no "sign up for my newsletter," no interaction on socials that I found, no links to identifying information in other places on the web from the few places they are linked to (Amazon, GR). And while they do have quite a few 5 star reviews on many of their books, much of it is from what appears to be dummy accounts with one review (for his books). Weird. Finally the publication dates of his work are crazy close. He appears to publish about one a week, sometimes sooner, sometimes a little longer. That's... wtf. No.
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