I absolutely adored Tyler and Colby separately and together. Colby is just this kind of sweet sunshine living in a fishbowl with very few safe places to hide. He’s been a hockey phenom all his life, and he’s enjoying one year of college before going into the NHL draft. But despite the pressure and attention, his teammate Tyler becomes one of those safe people. He also happens to be a guy that the closeted gay Colby has been crushing on.

Tyler’s a senior defenseman who is magnetic, protective, kind, and caring. And when Colby asks him to give him sex lessons, Tyler is okay with Colby being a rookie in all ways and him being a mentor. It’s not supposed to be serious. It’s supposed to just be sex lessons, but the more time they spend together,  the more truly intimate they become.  They become each other’s safe space in their chaotic lives as they plan for their futures. Colby's is based on where he’s going to be chosen in the draft, but he’s also keeping a big secret so that it doesn’t become a media frenzy. And Tyler's life has always been planned out by his father, but Colby's helping him realize that he’s allowed to have his own dreams and plans. But Tyler just has to figure out what he really wants to do and be brave enough to go after it.

This is a friends-and-teammates-to-lovers with first times, sex tutoring, and a secret relationship in a college hockey setting. 

Their fling gets complicated by feelings, and they both have to be vulnerable and figure out what they need to be happy and if there’s any way for them to find a way to be more. I loved these characters and even though we were left in a very good place and a HFN, I am looking forward to the rest of their story.  I really want it now because I can’t get enough of these guys. I’m also excited about Beau’s spin-off story, The Redeemer, co-written with Garrett Leigh.