{"product_id":"slippery-face-off-luca-reed-9798273080041","title":"Slippery Face-Off: A Steamy MM Hockey Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE GOALIE WHO NEVER STOPS PERFORMING\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE DEFENSEMAN WHO NEVER SHOWS EMOTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHEN RIVALS RECOGNIZE EACH OTHER FROM THE PAST, THE ICE ISN'T THE ONLY THING THAT MELTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKole Markov knows how to put on a show. As Northlake University's star goaltender, he's loud, charismatic, and never stops moving. If people are watching, he's giving them a performance. It's worked for him his whole life-until he locks eyes with the one person who's always seen through his act.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew McKinney is the definition of contained. As captain of the rival Minnesota Iron Lakes, he's quiet, disciplined, and never loses control-on or off the ice. But when he recognizes Kole from a hockey camp six years ago, the walls he's built start to crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were just teenagers when they first met, sharing late-night conversations that felt too real to acknowledge in the light of day. Neither has forgotten. Neither expected to face the other as rivals with championships on the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs tension builds between their teams, a different kind of heat ignites between them. One stolen encounter in an empty equipment room proves that whatever they started years ago didn't fade-it only intensified.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the final buzzer sounds, they'll have to decide if what happens on the ice matters more than what's happening in the quiet moments between them-where neither has anywhere left to hide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luca Reed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798273080041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Luca Reed","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437594423551,"sku":"9798273080041","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0d27d41-8421-445e-a97f-f298f06c433a.jpg?v=1777162795","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slippery-face-off-luca-reed-9798273080041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}