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  1. Public Bookmark 25

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    Shane Hollander is a hockey player who has overworked himself to the point of failure. He desperately needs a vacation and finds himself in beautiful, sunny Hawaii. Ilya Rozanov is a bird biologist on a paid grant doing surveys in the forests of Hawaii.

    Both in desperate need of an escape and happen to be staying at the same hotel…

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    14 Jul 2026

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    Oh. Ilya is kissing him.

    Shane drops the tongs he’d been holding. He doesn’t move for a full second while his brain tries to come back online. And then he has both hands in Ilya’s hair and Shane is kissing him back. His mouth opens, and Ilya tastes perfect. Feels perfect. Shane makes an embarrassing sound when Ilya’s tongue brushes his.

    Harris says, “Shane, your buns are burning,” at the same time Troy lets out a whoop in the background. Someone else shouts, “Atta boy, Rozy! Who’s up next?” It drops a lead weight in Shane’s stomach, and Shane is an idiot.

    The kiss was a dare. And Shane is the idiot who just kissed him back.

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    13 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 36

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    After witnessing the mystery man Ilya had been obsessed with being brutally assaulted one night, he takes him in to keep him safe. As the mystery man hides from a dangerous past that refuses to let him go, the two slowly grow closer.
    Between the threats, secrets, and the struggle to trust each other, an unexpected romance begins to develop.
    This could either save them both or destroy them.

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    13 Jul 2026

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    After the tuna meltdown, they never really get the chance to get back together, only watching each other’s lives from a distance, occasionally reaching out through texts, pretending it’s enough.

    Until one day, Shane receives a package at his doorstep.
    It’s a book. It’s Ilya Rozanov’s memoir.

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    13 Jul 2026

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    "He saw the corners of Ilya's lips curve up ever so slightly in that infuriating, tiny hint of a smile. “Goodbye, Shane Hollander.”

    Shane could only ogle as Ilya walked away. Fuck. His ass was fat. This was so bad.

    Shane Hollander, star athlete, D1 hockey team captain, campus heartthrob, was being completely undone by a brooding Slavic art major that he would probably crawl on his fucking knees and bark for."

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    Shane is ready for another boring semester where he has to pretend like he cares about anything other than hockey. Until he sits down next to a mysterious Russian art student who also happens to be the hottest guy Shane has ever seen.

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    13 Jul 2026

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