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Icing the Play

A Friends to Lovers Hockey MM Romance (Desert Ice Hockey, Book 6)

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Icing the Play

By: Christie Gordon
Narrated by: Finnley Cole
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Living with my high school crush is a bad play. Living with him while keeping my feelings on ice? Impossible.

Myles

Hockey is my dream.

But if I don’t make it to the NHL, I’ll be the family failure—especially with my little brother on his way.

Then Cooper struts back into my life. My high school crush.

The guy who made my chest ache with emotions I buried so deep, I wished they’d disappear.

He’s heading to the NFL and setting me up with his friend.

But my heart’s never raced for anyone the way it does him.

When he needs a place to live, I can’t say no.

Even if living with him might break me.

Cooper

I came to Arizona for football, not for Myles Cummings.

But the instant I see him again, I know my feelings back then weren’t just friendship.

And now? It’s stronger than ever.

There’s one big problem.

He doesn’t know I like guys, and my friend has his eye on Myles.

When Myles lets me move in, keeping my secret—and my hands off him—might be the hardest play of my life.

Icing the Play is the sixth book in the college hockey series, Desert Ice Hockey, and is the follow up to the Rock U series. It features a hockey player crushing on his old friend, a football player hiding his sexuality, forced proximity, hurt/comfort, a short love triangle, second chances and found family. Desert Ice Hockey follows a group of queer hockey players, known as the squad, while they each battle for their HEA.

Buy now to explore a world where emotions run as high as the heat and hockey isn’t the only game in town!

©2025 Christie Gordon Publishing LLC (P)2025 Christie Gordon Publishing LLC
Contemporary Romance Sports Hockey Heartfelt
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Audiobook - excellent narration, I really enjoyed the accents.
Story - 4 stars. Very good addition to a series I have really enjoyed. The lack of self-confidence of Myles and the worries both felt around coming out to their families felt very realistic. I would have preferred skipping the JJ dating part, it didn't feel quite right. This is a good way to make connections to start off another interconnected series.

very good

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rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

feelings:  🥰🥵😍🫠😡😄

narration: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


This book is a very sweet friends to lovers story. Cooper is such a gem. Although he has intense feelings for Myles himself, he tries to help his friend JJ in his crush on Myles.


But ever since their high school days, Cooper has been Myles's biggest crush and eventually they find each other. 


I love how Christie Gordon writes her characters. She leaves no doubt about the deep feelings they have for each other. She creates a world of acceptance that you can revel in and that promises hope and reassurance.


It's spiced up with very steamy scenes and just enough adversity to keep you enthralled with the characters and their story.


Finnley Cole is a great narrator. I read the book and loved it, but he brings the characters to life so well that it makes it even more emotional for me. I'm a little sad to see the squad go, but I'm also pretty pumped for Christie's next series, Desert Football!

Frieds to lovers 😍

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Listened to the audio book
It was good to listen to the finale of this series. As I was listening I could hear the doubt Myles had for his skills, imposter syndrome, really kicking his ass. The way Cooper cheered him up, the first to praise him.
I actually felt more sorry for JJ and I saw just how much Myles hurt him. The ending was perfect and I did get a bit emotional.
Another great narration by Finnley Cole and all the former characters were instantly recognisable. Ace plays a big part in this story and I loved listening to Ace's accent.

Great finale

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I really really really liked the chemistry between Myles and Copper. They were absolutely amazing together. They played some really fun games. Chef's kiss.
All the books in the series have a great found family theme and I loved how Myles' friends supported him and helped him gain his confidence. Cooper was also wonderful and very caring.
The narrator was absolutely fantastic, I loved the character voices and the audio quality was great. I had such a fun time listening the audiobook, the story was brought to life beautifully!

Wonderful book

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I really enjoyed listening to this audiobook. Finnley Cole has continued to improve his audio performance as the series went along.

This was a great double coming out story. I loved that the parents accepted their son’s sexuality and didn’t throw a fit.

Miles and Cooper made a great couple and I was rooting for them to get all of the things they wanted.

The epilogue was great even if it was a bit unrealistic, but I read romance as an escape from reality so I was fine with it. It was great to see characters from previous books again.

This has been a great series.

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