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- Content warnings: Bullying, Sexual assault, Childhood trauma, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Death of a parent, Grief, Child neglect, Abandonment, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, Sexual content
Blurred Lines
by Andi Jaxon
Book 2 in Darby U Hockey Boys
If you love the 'secretly in love with my best friend and roommate' trope, this delivers - two hockey players, two heavy backstories, and a pining slow burn that finally breaks. Teddy Hamilton and Iggy Toma narrate the audio.
Goodreads 3.8/5 9,334 ratings
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A decision-first view of the reading experience.
Length376 pages
Series statusOngoing series
Spice4/5 · Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Best friends to lovers
- M/M
- Slow burn
- High
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- The angst delivered
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- Athlete
- Mutual pining
- Healing / comfort intimacy
- Romantic fulfillment
- Secretly soft
- Hurt/comfort
- Dirty talk heavy
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Damaged survivor
- He falls first
- Touch starvation
- Found family feels
- Golden retriever
- Only soft for them
- Praise kink
- Who did this to you
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- Longing glances
- Dominance
- Possessive
Fantasy promise
- Sports romance
- Friends to lovers
- Sports world / training facility
- Contemporary
- Roommates
- Athlete romance
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- College romance
- Secret relationship
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Angsty
- Emotional
- Heavy
- Gay
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- Earnest
- Survivor
- Bisexual MC
- Yearning
- Warm
- Protector
- Bisexual love interest (LI)
- Heartwarming
- Queer
- Seductive
- Neurodivergent love interest (LI)
- Forbidden desire
- ADHD rep
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Book details
- Length
- 376 pages
- Language
- English
- Format
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