When a desperate 911 call goes wrong, the one person who sees through Morgan’s lies is the last person he expected, his openly gay coach, Marshall Davies. One business card. One promise. One chance to escape before the next fist lands.
In a world that punishes vulnerability with a slash to the throat, Morgan will have to decide what’s worth fighting for. The Cup, his life, or the terrifying possibility of being loved exactly as he is.
Raw, heart-pounding, and unapologetically queer, Playing for Keeps is a gripping hurt/comfort sports romance about surviving the unthinkable, and discovering that the hardest hits don’t always happen on the ice.
Raised in the south, Wall Street Journal and USA Today Bestselling Author MariaLisa deMora learned about the magic of books at an early age. Every summer, she would spend hours in the local library, devouring books of every genre. Self-described as a book-a-holic, she says "I've always loved to read, but then I discovered writing, and found I adored that, too. For reading...if nothing else is available, I've been known to read the back of the cereal box."