The Quiet

Their love story is ten years in the making. Long-time rivals on the ice to lovers in the dark. Torn apart by misunderstanding and brought back together by fate. Can their recently renewed relationship survive being forced into the light after an intentional act of violence takes one of them out of the game?

Caleb Donovan is the golden boy of the NCAA. Kaden is the chaos to Caleb's order - the rival who sees the struggle behind the perfect smile. For years, their explosive, hidden connection was kept in dark hotel rooms and hushed phone calls. By luck or fate, they end up on the same NHL team in Boston, and just when they have their chance to bring their love into the light, their relationship will be put to the ultimate test.

A violent, calculated hit leaves Caleb with a severe brain injury, shattering his mind into fragments of static and fear. The control he craves is gone, replaced by a terrifying loop of confusion where memories fade within minutes. Kaden sacrifices his rookie season, staying by Caleb's side to anchor him as the only voice that can cut through the static.

As Caleb fights to rebuild his mind and return to the game that nearly killed him, he realizes the man holding him together is breaking apart under the weight of a love they've never dared to voice out loud. To survive the season, Caleb has to find his way back to the ice. But to find the quiet he needs, he must claim the one thing he's always been too afraid to keep.

The Quiet is a high-angst, emotional M/M hockey romance about the noise of the world, the silence of trauma and the person who holds you when the static gets too loud. This is the first installment of Ice & Anchors, a series of interconnected standalone novels and novellas, with some overlap on the same timelines.