Hard Launch, Soft Landing

A blurry photo. A PR nightmare. A crisis consultant who refuses to play by the rules.

Noah Bennett is the Chicago Comets' golden boy. As the franchise quarterback, his entire life is a carefully constructed playbook designed to keep sponsors happy and the press at bay. But when a telephoto lens captures him leaving an exclusive club at 3:00 a.m. with another man's hand on his back, his meticulously managed world threatens to shatter.

Enter Cameron Shah.

Hyper-competent, impossibly sharp, and dangerously perceptive, Cam is the crisis communications expert hired to manage the fallout. When Noah's agent suggests a fake girlfriend to kill the rumors, Cam shuts it down. He doesn't build closets for his clients. Instead, he proposes a strategy of absolute privacy, embedding himself in Noah's daily life to deflect the media frenzy as the Comets make a desperate push for the playoffs.

Forced into close proximity in hotels, film rooms, and locker-room tunnels, the professional boundaries between them begin to buckle. Cam is determined to keep his distance, haunted by a past client who blamed him for the fallout of coming out. But Noah is exhausted by a lifetime of hiding, and he's set his sights squarely on the fiercely protective man who finally made him feel seen.

As the pressure of the postseason mounts and a vindictive agent plots his revenge, Noah must decide what he is willing to risk for the life he's always wanted. And Cam must decide if he's ready to trust his guarded heart to a man who plays for keeps.