Cameron Beckett, a closeted teenager playing in the CHL, has to deal with the dual pressures of making it into the NHL while also not flunking out of school.
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Cameron Beckett is the ace and co-captain of his high school hockey team, but he's failing his mathematics class so badly that his coach threatens to bench him if he doesn't improve his grades. He turns to Sam, his next-door neighbour, only to start developing feelings for him that he's not ready to confront. And when the two finally kiss, Cameron pulls away, afraid that his sexuality will cost him any chance of being drafted into the NHL. But just when Sam needs him the most, Cameron can't be there for him, making him question whether his fear of coming out is actually holding him back.
- adolescence
- boyxboy
- canada
- coming-of-age
- contemporary
- contemporary-romance
- falling-for-the-tutor
- family
- gay
- high-school
- hockey
- identity
- lgbt
- lgbtq
- love
- love-stories
- nhl
- paidstories
- playing-in-the-chl
- relationships
- romance
- romantic
- sports
- teen-fiction
- young-adult