One minor league goalie. One tai chi instructor. One fake relationship. The lies were never the problem — the truth was.Goalie Brennan Keane signs with the Baton Rouge Rougarous, hiding his recovering hip injury because injuries don't pay the bills or get you minutes. But Tai chi instructor Jonah Holloway sees the way Brennan's body lies, even to the man himself.And then the lies get bigger. Brennan pretends to be Jonah's boyfriend to keep Jonah out of the predatory clutches of an influential woman who could harm Jonah's mentor. When a fake relationship becomes the only way out of a corner neither man asked for, the problem isn't maintaining the lie. It's what happens when the lie starts feeling like the only honest thing either of them has.A slow burn, steamy MM hockey romance. Standalone. HEA guaranteed. Part of the Rougarous Hockey subseries and the Bayou Boys world.

One minor league goalie. One tai chi instructor. One fake relationship. The lies were never the problem — the truth was.Goalie Brennan Keane signs with the Baton Rouge Rougarous, hiding his recovering hip injury because injuries don't pay the bills or get you minutes. But Tai chi instructor Jonah Holloway sees the way Brennan's body lies, even to the man himself.And then the lies get bigger. Brennan pretends to be Jonah's boyfriend to keep Jonah out of the predatory clutches of an influential woman who could harm Jonah's mentor. When a fake relationship becomes the only way out of a corner neither man asked for, the problem isn't maintaining the lie. It's what happens when the lie starts feeling like the only honest thing either of them has.A slow burn, steamy MM hockey romance. Standalone. HEA guaranteed. Part of the Rougarous Hockey subseries and the Bayou Boys world.