Role Model
Troy Barrett, a hockey player traded to a struggling team, just wants to be left alone after a breakup and scandal. His plans for solitude are disrupted by the team's energetic social media manager, Harris Drover, who is determined to help Troy improve his public image. Despite Troy's initial resistance, Harris sees a spark of vulnerability beneath his grumpy exterior, leading to an unexpected connection. As their attraction grows, Troy must confront his fears about public relationships to embrace his true self and a potential future with Harris.
A hockey player traded to Ottawa after publicly clashing with a Toronto teammate over serious allegations, now working through a guarded exterior to let someone in.
The Ottawa Centaurs' upbeat social media manager, from a local apple-orchard family, who refuses to let Troy's standoffish front stop him from pursuing a connection.
Troy's former close friend and Toronto Guardians teammate, publicly accused of sexual assault by multiple women — the rift that gets Troy traded to Ottawa.
Captain of the Ottawa Centaurs and a recurring figure across the Game Changers series, supportive of Troy's adjustment to his new team.
An Ottawa Centaurs goaltender and former Toronto Guardians teammate of Troy's, established as a steady, decent presence in the locker room.
This story functions as a standalone narrative, though it shares a fictional universe with other books in the series and features appearances by characters from previous installments. Readers familiar with the wider series will recognize recurring figures like Ilya Rozanov, but the central relationship between Troy and Harris is self-contained.
The timeline of this book overlaps with events depicted in other series entries, specifically The Long Game. While it follows a new couple, it maintains continuity by showing how the professional and personal lives of various players across the league intersect.