The Shift

A Teammates-to-Lovers M/M Hockey Romance

By: Michael Beaulieu

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Luke Dufort has built an entire career on being unreadable.

Eleven years a pro, captain of a team chasing redemption, son of a hockey legend who taught him that wanting things out loud is how you lose them — Luke keeps his head down, his face blank, and his life behind a wall he calls discipline. It kept him in the league when being seen could have ended him. He has no plans to test whether that's still true.

Then the team calls up Owen Hart.

Fast, reckless, openly gay, and impossible to ignore, Owen plays like he has nothing to hide because he doesn't. He came out years ago and paid for it and refuses to go back. From his first shift he gets under Luke's guard in ways Luke can't file, can't manage, and can't stop — a missed pass, a hand that won't stay still, a want that breaks eleven years of control in a single season.

What starts in empty practice rinks and late hotel bars becomes the realest thing either of them has. But every camera, every viral clip, every question from Luke's father turns their private life into public evidence. Owen won't be a secret kept to make someone else feel safe. And Luke is running out of road between the man he's pretended to be and the man he actually wants to become.

One of them is terrified of being seen. The other is terrified of disappearing.

Same fight. Opposite ends.

The Shift is a slow-burn, teammates-to-lovers M/M hockey romance with a veteran/rookie pairing, hurt/comfort, tender on-page heat, and a hard-won happily ever after. Book One in The Shift Series.