Keeping Corey

by Roger Hyttinen

After being outed at his last high school, Devin O’Hanlon’s parents enrolled Devin at the Grovesburg Hockey Academy, his father’s alma mater. Never mind that Devin doesn’t have an athletic bone in his body, nor has any interest in sports. The academy was supposed to be a fresh start for Devin — a clean slate where nobody knows him as the gay kid. Unfortunately, being a red-headed non-athlete singled him out with the bullies, and he found himself in the same predicament as his last school. Things only get worse when he learns that his new roommate, a transfer from another school, is a star hockey player—an incredibly hot star hockey player.

Corey Harper has been expelled from two schools. Grovesburg Academy is his last chance; if this doesn’t work out, his father has threatened to send him to military school. But Corey has no intentions of getting expelled again. This school is a new start for him — a place where nobody knows him or about his past. Despite a rough start, Corey and his new roommate Devin find they have a lot in common and soon become inseparable. But Corey doesn’t allow himself to get too close to Devin because he has a secret that nobody here must uncover—and Corey has mastered hiding his feelings. His plan is to keep his head down, do what’s required of him, and bring his academy to the championship. Can Corey juggle his junior year, hockey, a hostile coach, and his friendship with Devin, all the while keeping his secret hidden from everyone?

But when Corey’s secret is threatened to be exposed, he is forced to make a difficult choice—a choice that goes against his heart and his soul.

216 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 6, 2023

About the author

My name is Roger Hyttinen and I'm a fiction author. I like to write about:

👻Ghosts
🌈Boys In Love
🦑Monsters
🐺 Werewolves
🌀Time Travel

My mind has always lived in the place of castles, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, knights in shining armor, and "happily ever afters" so this is what you can expect from my writing. Being gay myself, I tend to feature gay protagonists (and often gay secondary characters) in each of my books. So when if you see "own voices" attached to any of my stories, it doesn't mean that I'm a ghost, vampire or werewolf (Or am I?) -- just that I'm part of the LGBTQIA+ community, like my characters.

For those who are interested, I have a Master's degree in Foreign Language & Literature and have worked as a French teacher, an English teacher, a technical writer, a course creator and a computer programmer. I currently live in the chilly midwest with hopes of eventually moving about 1200 miles south.

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Reviews

[Jen Harpin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoy this book. I did notice several spelling errors. I also would have like some acknowledgment of the passing of time.

[Mathgeek97pi · Rating 2 out of 5]

I won this as a goodreads giveaway.

Way too many spelling and grammar issues.