{"product_id":"top-shelf-declan-rhodes-9798246579930","title":"Top Shelf: A MM Hockey Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnyone can fall in love. Pickle makes it unforgettable.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThunder Bay's favorite chaos gremlin, \u003cb\u003eNoah \"Pickle\" Piatkowski\u003c\/b\u003e, is no longer the rookie, but he hasn't lost an ounce of his wild energy. He's fast, he's fearless, and he's still the guy who shows up late to practice because he got his hand stuck in a Pringles can again. Fans adore him. His teammates have stopped asking questions.\u003cp\u003eWhen the Storm gathers at The Drop to watch Hog's partner, \u003cb\u003eRhett\u003c\/b\u003e, land a deal on \u003ci\u003eShark Tank\u003c\/i\u003e, Pickle's world begins to tilt. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter \u003cb\u003eAdrian Richter\u003c\/b\u003e, thirty-four, a polished, quietly intense documentary filmmaker sent the day after the show by a streaming network sensing a story -sharp-eyed and no-nonsense. He's come looking for an authentic slice of small-town hockey life...and instead he finds Pickle, standing in the parking lot of The Drop in Crocs, holding a broken karaoke microphone, and trying to teach Hog's dog how to howl along to \"Total Eclipse of the Heart.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdrian is thunderstruck. Not just by Pickle's ridiculousness-but by the heat beneath the chaos. The tenderness tucked behind the jokes. The way Pickle lights up a room without even meaning to.\u003cp\u003ePickle, for his part, has no idea what to do when someone hot, grown, and deeply competent looks at him like he's more than the team's comic relief. Every instinct tells him to deflect with humor, to hide behind being \"the funny one,\" to pretend he doesn't care about the idea that someone might-\u003ci\u003efinally\u003c\/i\u003e-take him seriously. Letting Adrian see the version of himself he's been protecting? That's terrifying. That's impossible. That's starting to feel inevitable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the production company decides Pickle makes better footage as a joke than a person, Adrian faces his own choice: protect the project that was supposed to rebuild his stalled career, or protect the man who's stolen his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn opposites attract small-town hockey romance, with a guaranteed happily ever after. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA storm is coming to Thunder Bay.\u003cbr\u003eTurns out, it's love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Declan Rhodes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798246579930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d","brand":"Declan Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460345180415,"sku":"9798246579930","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94457af2-f5e0-46a5-b8b7-56e6add6e1e3.jpg?v=1777414138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/top-shelf-declan-rhodes-9798246579930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}