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Playing Aces
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Expected 27 Apr 27Ex-friends. Rivals. Teammates. From the author of the fan-favorite Breakaway series (“top-notch yearners”—The New York Times) comes an electric young adult hockey romance about two rising star players forced to team up for their final season—if their hearts can survive the proximity.
Seventeen-year-old hockey phenoms Milo and Cole were best friends before they faced off during last season’s playoff final. But after a fight that left them both brokenhearted and Cole with a complex hand injury, they’re no longer speaking… even if they can’t stop thinking about each other.
Months later, Milo returns to his hometown of Ann Arbor to play for the Aces—a.k.a. Cole’s team—which means facing the boy who’d rather shoot him eye daggers than the puck. Meanwhile Cole is trying to make a comeback that will satisfy the scouts and his Hall of Fame dad, but he can’t train alone. Too bad there’s only ever been one player who can match him on the ice, and he’s the last person whose help Cole wants.
With their championship season and NHL dreams on the line, Milo and Cole will have to set aside all their hurt and anger. Except maybe it’s not hate they’re feeling after all…
Seventeen-year-old hockey phenoms Milo and Cole were best friends before they faced off during last season’s playoff final. But after a fight that left them both brokenhearted and Cole with a complex hand injury, they’re no longer speaking… even if they can’t stop thinking about each other.
Months later, Milo returns to his hometown of Ann Arbor to play for the Aces—a.k.a. Cole’s team—which means facing the boy who’d rather shoot him eye daggers than the puck. Meanwhile Cole is trying to make a comeback that will satisfy the scouts and his Hall of Fame dad, but he can’t train alone. Too bad there’s only ever been one player who can match him on the ice, and he’s the last person whose help Cole wants.
With their championship season and NHL dreams on the line, Milo and Cole will have to set aside all their hurt and anger. Except maybe it’s not hate they’re feeling after all…
336 pages, Kindle Edition
Expected publication April 27, 2027
About the author
E.L. Massey
5 books1,237 followersE. L. Massey is a human. Probably. She lives in Colorado with her partner, the best dog in the world (an unbiased assessment), and a frankly excessive collection of books. She spends her holidays climbing mountains and writing fan fiction, occasionally at the same time.
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