The Last Buzzer by J.J. Mulder (Paperback)

The Last Buzzer is the fifth and final book in J.J. Mulder’s SCU Hockey series, a tender friends-to-lovers MM college romance.

In the time it takes to answer a single phone call, Desmond’s life changes completely. Suddenly he’s a single parent to his young nephew, living in South Carolina, and the new assistant coach for the university hockey team. Life might not be exactly great right now, but he’s handling it, and surely things can’t possibly get any worse. Right?

Jack, a survivor of a horrific childhood, knows all too well that things can always get worse. And right now, for him, worse is hockey. He loves the game, and he loves the friendships he’s built with his teammates, but that’s where the good ends and the bad begins. Every time his skates touch the ice, he feels the weight of it more, eaten alive by anxiety and stress.

Desmond’s arrival becomes an unexpected bright spot in the otherwise bleak nightmare hockey has become for Jack. And there’s far more than surface-level attraction between them. Slowly, their friendship begins to grow beyond the sport that first brought them together, until their lives are intertwined in ways neither could ever have expected.

Please note this touches on sensitive themes. Perfect for readers who love a friends-to-lovers MM hockey romance, a single-dad hero and a gentle, healing slow burn full of heart.