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    Shane Hollander only meant to attend a few hockey games — a small act of rebellion against the boyfriend who controlled every part of his life. But that night changes everything. The arena becomes a refuge, Rose becomes a friend, and the Montreal Metros become the first place he’s felt safe in years.

    No one knows he’s living with domestic violence.
    No one knows he’s planning to run.
    No one knows how much he’s breaking.

    And no one expects him to fall for Ilya Rozanov — the loud, brilliant, closeted Russian winger recently traded under suspicious circumstances.

    Ilya has secrets he can’t share, a past he can’t escape, and feelings he doesn’t know how to handle.

    Shane is learning how to live again.
    Ilya is learning how to feel again.
    Both are learning how to trust.

    But when the truth about their pasts threatens to surface, they’ll have to decide whether they can face it together — or lose each other trying.

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    Or: A story about healing, found family, and the terrifying, beautiful risk of choosing love after surviving what was meant to break you.

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    2014: Ilya Rozanov shocks the world and breaks Shane Hollander’s heart by disappearing without explanation, and without a goodbye kiss.

    2024: A devastating injury forces Shane to retire early, so he moves to a small town to coach girls hockey and figure out what the hell to do with the rest of his life.

    When recently divorced Ilya Rozanov walks into the rink with his twin girls, Shane has to decide if he’s brave enough to risk a second chance on a broken heart, and a rekindled romance with the first and only boy he ever loved.

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    “So.” Ilya cleared his throat. “Should we tell the girls their Papa and their coach used to date?”

    “We didn’t date. We hooked up a few times, then you disappeared.” Shane looked away to hide his heartbreak as he lied, “It doesn’t even matter. It’s not like I loved you or anything.”

    “No, of course not.” Ilya tried to smile through a lie of his own, “I didn’t love you either.”

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    If you are reading this, it means that Danny is following my emergency plan that we practiced. I’m not safe and neither is he. Please, I beg you, take him to his grandparents at this address.

    Yuna and David Hollander
    2242 Grandview
    Ottawa, Ontario

    If I ever get the chance, I will repay you.

    Please tell him I love him. My parents too. And if you could tell them I’m sorry.

    ~Shane

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    "Hi, solnyshko.”
    The Russian pet name set a firework off inside Shane's mind as he heard it cooed from behind him. The intonation was just as he remembered, but the voice was much deeper.

    He turned and felt himself short circuit. It took every ounce of willpower to not let his jaw drop cartoonishly to the floor. Shane would recognize his individual features anywhere, even after 5 years. But it was as if someone had snapped their fingers and the smug, silly Russian boy who had been attached to Shane's hip for 3 summers was transformed into some sort of fucking Adonis right before his eyes.

    “Ilya-” was all Shane managed before strong arms were wrapped around his waist and lifting him off the ground in a greeting all too familiar from years ago.

     

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    When Shane Hollander & Ilya Rozanov spent their summers as teens in an elite hockey camp, they quickly became inseparable friends. But they lose touch when Shane moves on as a prospect for the NHL and Ilya for the KHL.

    Years later, Montreal makes a bold move to take the hottest player in the KHL. After hearing of the Russian's reputation, the Montreal Captain is tasked with keeping his old best friend and new teammate out of trouble.

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    07 Jul 2026

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    Ilya's forearms flexed beneath the sleeves of his black Henley—he’d paired it with black jeans and a black ball cap—as he carried their daughter’s car seat, the black Burberry diaper backpack slung over one shoulder. Every twenty seconds, Ilya glanced down to check on her.

    Shane had fully intended to argue for the privilege of carrying her out. Then he'd seen Ilya carrying her. And, well…

    Watching his husband carry their daughter while looking like someone’s ridiculously hot dad wasn’t exactly suffering. So Shane lingered half a step behind, mostly because he enjoyed the view.

    “Stop thirsting over me, Shane,” Ilya said without turning around. “We are in public.”

    "What?" Shane blushed. “I'm not.”

    The nurse escorting them down the hall let out a laugh.

    “I've been married to you long enough,” Ilya said. “I think I can feel when you are undressing me with your eyes.”

    “Sorry about him,” Shane said to the nurse.

    “You guys are so cute,” she said.

    Or Two years after TLG, Shane and Ilya are married, living together, and playing for the same team. Over the next year, they must tackle the biggest challenge they've faced together... parenting.

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    01 Jul 2026