Face Off for Love Series




No Protocol for Love, Book 1

Tyson Collier lives out and proud in Las Vegas, a far cry from the oppressive small town he grew up in. He swore he'd never go back in the closet, not for anyone or anything.

Working as an ice crew member for the Las Vegas Gamblers is a dream job. Tyson is surrounded by hunky hockey players--athletes are totally his type even if they're straight.

Semyon "Semka" Novikoff has focused his whole life on playing professional-level hockey. He can't ever come out. Not as a Russian national. His life and livelihood depend on keeping his sexuality a secret.

Playing professional hockey in the United States is an experience like no other. The vast freedoms he enjoys are many. Except the freedom to be publicly gay.

When Semka suffers a concussion, Tyson volunteers to help him with daily life. Over the course of the first few weeks, their friendship blossoms.

Semka takes Tyson into his confidence and reveals his sexuality. Tyson takes Semka to bed.

What started as a simple gesture of kindness becomes a secret relationship with an expiration date. Once Semka is medically cleared to play, the relationship is over.

Semka can't risk losing his job or his life, and Tyson won't be with someone who can't openly present themselves to the world as part of a couple.

When Semka and Tyson part ways, both men find themselves missing the other, but they can never be. At least, that's what they tell themselves.

In the weeks that follow their parting, Semka thinks long and hard about what he wants from life, aside from a long successful hockey career. He loves his teammates, but he also wants a life and a family outside of the rink.

Tyson swore he'd never go back in the closet, but that ship has sailed. The question becomes, is he willing to have a secret relationship?

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Defending the Drag Queen, Book 2

In what world would a professional athlete want to date a drag queen?

Certainly not Mark Roncalli's. Mild mannered CPA during the week and the drag queen known as “Lady Jazz” on the weekends, Mark keeps his two worlds separate. Mark's sexuality and his flamboyant and aberrant avocation don't mesh well with traditional Italian family values and masculine sensibilities--at least according to his brothers.

Elijah Turner's life revolves around diabetes and hockey, in that order. Which leaves very little time for relationships. Most of the men he's dated felt like a third wheel to the realities of Elijah's life. They were willing to put up with the hockey because Elijah's a rich professional athlete. Not so much the diabetes which requires 24/7 vigilance and not so many indulgences.

When Elijah asks Mark to date him, will Mark take a chance and believe Elijah over the longstanding denigration by and judgement of his family?

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Rookies at Love, Book 3

Ryan Macklin's wife walks out, leaving him and their three-year-old daughter in the lurch. Ryan's obligations to his hockey career careen head-first into his responsibilities as a father. Avery's Down Syndrome adds a layer of complexity to the challenge of finding immediate and also longterm, practically full-time care for her.

When Nicholas, a teacher from Avery's school, offers to take on the role of caregiver, Ryan scoffs. It's not that he doesn't think men are suitable caregivers--he's seen his teammates in action--but Avery needs a mother-figure, right?

Or does she?

Avery flourishes under Nicholas's care, and Ryan's house becomes a home for the first time in the four years he's lived there.

Nicholas Pruitt's education is his top priority. Ryan Macklin's plea for childcare comes to his attention and he determines that working twenty-four/seven caring for Avery Macklin will allow him more time to attend online classes and do his homework than his nine-to-five at the specialty school for children with Down Syndrome does.

Ryan's appreciation of any little consideration brings out the nurturer in Nicholas even more than Avery does, as precious and clever as she is, and he finds himself doing things specifically to bring that sparkle to Ryan's eyes--but he's straight, right?

Or is he?

Nicholas notices Ryan checking him out and he begins to wonder about Ryan's sexuality. Taking a chance and stealing a kiss, Nicholas and Ryan both discover that the answer is no.

When Nicholas's grades take a dip and Ryan refuses to follow in his dad's footsteps, all contract negotiations are off.

Or are they?

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Breakaway For Love, Book 4

Landon Callahan wishes he had someone in his life.

Being gay isn't acceptable at home or in hockey. When he returns home after the bitterest defeat a professional hockey player can suffer, he must lick his wounds alone.

Maddox West is done with men.

The burn scars that mar one shoulder and half his back sent his fiancé fleeing for good. What he thought were dates ended up being one-night stands. His brothers-in-arms are the only men he can truly depend on.

Landon hires Maddox to help with his remodeling project. Despite their age difference, they find common ground and develop a fast friendship.

The weight of betrayal and hurt has sat heavy on Maddox's heart since his fiancĂ© walked away. Landon's simple and easy friendship is a balm to Maddox's spirit, and his pure appreciation of Maddox's body and simple, sweet desire spark an equally basic need in Maddox. Landon must return to Houston at summer’s end, so why not indulge in a summer fling?

As a result of Maddox's youthful exuberance and his sense of fun, Landon feels younger and freer than he has in years. So much so, he breaks his personal Golden Rule of no sex in his home state and not only confesses his homosexuality, but embarks on a sexual relationship with Maddox.

Landon and Maddox have almost daily, sometimes enthusiastic, sometimes tender, sometimes non-vanilla sex, and life is good. Great even.

Until the day Landon's mother walks in on them.

Landon freaks out and sends both his mother and Maddox on their way.

After weeks of friendship and intimacy, Landon doesn't want to live without either any longer. He's so over his mother's complete condemnation of homosexuality, and his career is almost at an end. If he comes out or gets outed, what's the worst that could happen? He has to retire a year or two early? It's not as if he hadn't been considering the possibility anyway.

The real question is, can he convince Maddox to give him a second chance?

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Finders Keepers, Book 5
Coming at some point, probably in 2023 due to family challenges...














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