The Captain's Gamble
An Old Flame, Small-Town Secrets Sports RomanceBy Harper Nash
Length8h 52m
About this audiobook
Three years in that locker room and he still could not tell you what his own apartment smells like. That is not a joke about dedication. It is the reason none of this was ever going to end quietly.
The Zamboni has already made its rounds when he pushes through the practice facility's back door at 5:47 in the morning. The ice gleams under the fluorescents, smooth as glass, unmarked by blades or pucks or the thousand small failures that will scar it by noon.
He drops his bag on the bench and does not bother with the overheads. The red glow of the exit sign is enough. He knows this room blind. Which stall belongs to which man. The exact spot where JJ punched a dent into his locker after last season's elimination. The smell of old sweat and new tape and the chemical bite of the spray the equipment guys use on skates.
The medical room door is unlocked, which is normal. What is not normal is what his pulse does when he steps inside.
The narcotics cabinet is bolted into the concrete on the far wall, combination changed every month.
Lena has watched a prospect chase pain relief into dependency across six months and dissolve out of the league like snow on warm concrete. She knows exactly what she is looking at when she finds what she finds, and exactly who it belongs to.
Declan O'Rourke wears the C. He has a thin silver scar above one eyebrow and an oath he never intended to keep and a younger brother whose problem has become, by degrees, his problem instead.
What follows: a crack in the ice, the weight of the letter stitched on his chest, a deal with somebody who has no business offering one, a rival in the room, a flight that changes the season, an intervention that goes badly, and the price of keeping quiet paid in instalments by people who did not agree to pay it.
*Missed you too.*
Say nothing and he keeps the captaincy, the room and the brother, and loses the only person who has told him the truth in three years. Say something and he keeps her, and hands somebody he loves to a process that does not care who anybody is.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance
Length8 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 - The Oath I Never Meant to Keep
2Chapter 2 - The Crack in the Ice
3Chapter 3 - The Weight of the ‘C’
4Chapter 4 - A Deal with the Devil
5Chapter 5 - The Rival in the Room
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6Chapter 6 - The Flight That Changed Everything
7Chapter 7 - The Intervention
8Chapter 8 - The Price of Silence
9Chapter 9 - The Night We Don’t Talk About
10Chapter 10 - The First Domino
11Chapter 11 - The Exchange
12Chapter 12 - The Rook’s Gambit
13Chapter 13 - Midpoint: The Oath Renewed
14Chapter 14 - The Aftermath of Yes
15Chapter 15 - The Lie Revealed
16Chapter 16 - Black Moment: The Snow Globe Shatters
17Chapter 17 - The Fallout
18Chapter 18 - The Sister’s Choice
19Chapter 19 - The Long Wait
20Chapter 20 - The Investigation
21Chapter 21 - The Rivals Fall
22Chapter 22 - The Snowball Fight
23Chapter 23 - The Mother’s Ghost
24Chapter 24 - The Night Before the Decision
25Chapter 25 - The Goal That Changed Everything
26Epilogue
27About the Author
28The End
29About the Author
30Also by Harper Nash
31Acknowledgements
32A Note from the Author
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