
The Linemate's Mistake
A Workplace Tension, Small-Town Secrets Hockey RomanceBy Marla QuinnLength7h 46m
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Finn Callahan gets to the rink before anyone else because he cannot sleep, and because the hallway he walks down to get there is lined with framed photographs of every captain the club has had since 1972. His father is not among them. Mike Callahan played two seasons in the minors, blew a knee, and spent the rest of his life looking at pictures of his son in an NHL sweater and saying *pretty good for a soft kid* in a voice that made soft sound like a disease.
There is a new name on the first line. *The kid from the Marlies trade.* Rook already knows all about him. *Leo Martinez. Yeah, I heard. Fast hands. Good hockey IQ.* Then, into the pause: *Also heard he's bi.*
Finn's coffee goes over the rim of the cup.
What Finn will not say to his oldest friend over a cafeteria table is the actual sentence, which is that there is a new guy on his line, that he cannot stop looking at him, and that he is afraid he knows exactly why.
Leo has done the harder part already. He is out, he is the first openly queer player to share a shift with Finn, and he has no intention of shrinking to make anybody's locker room easier. He also notices, faster than Finn would like, that this particular linemate treats him differently from the rest of the room.
Then Jensen Ahlgren starts paying attention. Jensen who is in the parking lot. Jensen who mentions the name of Finn's building out loud, just to watch it land. Jensen who has a phone and a plan and is entirely willing to spend both.
An anonymous number keeps texting Leo. *Someone who wants to destroy Finn.*
So what should be a hockey season, a first line finding its chemistry and a team chasing something, becomes a question about who gets to hold the story: the man with the photographs, or the two players who could take the room's temperature themselves and tell the truth first.
A closed-door hockey romance between two teammates, about an inherited silence, a threat that runs on other people's shame, and a Cup lifted with two sets of hands on it.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Biography and Memoir
Length7 hrs 46 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Chapter 1 - The Scar I Skate With
3Chapter 2 - The Gap Between Us
4Chapter 3 - The Drill I Won’t Forget
5Chapter 4 - The Coldest Seat
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6Chapter 5 - The Lake and the Wall
7Chapter 6 - The Lie I Finally See
8Chapter 7 - The Risk of Touch
9Chapter 8 - The Car That Broke Down
10Chapter 9 - The Kiss That Changes Everything
11Chapter 10 - The Frostbite Aftermath
12Chapter 11 - The Defense I Can’t Keep
13Chapter 12 - The Rumor Mill
14Chapter 13 - The Hotel Pool
15Chapter 14 - The Smoke in the Mirror
16Chapter 15 - The Ledge I Almost Walk
17Chapter 16 - The Pass That Wins
18Chapter 17 - The Ceiling Tiles Know
19Chapter 18 - The Walls Close In
20Chapter 19 - The Trap Door Opens
21Chapter 20 - The Moment the Lie Wins
22Chapter 21 - The Bench I Never Knew
23Chapter 22 - The Breath Before
24Chapter 23 - The Open Door
25Chapter 24 - The Aftermath and the Quiet
26Chapter 25 - The Cup We Carry Together
27About the Author
28The End
29About the Author
30Also by Marla Quinn
31Acknowledgements
32A Note from the Author