The Shots You Take

Rachel Reid

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A retired hockey pro named Riley Tuck is grieving his father's sudden death when Adam Sheppard, his former best friend, teammate, and secret lover, shows up uninvited after over a decade of silence. Told in dual timelines that weave between their early playing days and the present, the story slowly unpacks why their relationship fell apart and whether two men in their forties, each carrying very different baggage, can find their way back to each other. It's a quieter, more introspective entry in Reid's hockey-romance catalog, leaning into grief, identity, and long-overdue honesty as much as romance.