Tough Call

by L.A. Witt

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Editions:Kindle

ISBN: 978-1-64230-390-2

As a teenager, Madars Kulda billeted with the Ellis family while he played in major juniors… and he connected with their seriously cute son Connor.

After two years, life took them in separate directions, and they drifted apart. Now Madars plays professional hockey in Switzerland while Connor is a referee in North America.

Then an international competition brings them both to Prague. When they meet again as adults, the innocent crushes of their youth flare back to life as scorching hot chemistry. They can’t get enough of each other, and an ocean isn’t going to keep them apart this time.

But Madars has always dreamed about playing hockey in North America. If he has to choose between dating a referee and living his dream… something will have to give.

Tough Call is a 74,000-word standalone M/M hockey romance.

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Available on: August 12, 2026
Editors:

Mackenzie Walton

Cover Artists:

Lori Witt

Genres:

Contemporary, Sports

Tags:
Pairings: M-M
Heat Level: 3
Romantic Content: 5
Ending: Click here to reveal
Character Identities: Gay
Protagonist 1 Age: 26-35
Protagonist 2 Age: 26-35
Tropes: Forbidden Love, Friends to Lovers, Reunited and it Feels So Good, Second Chances
Word Count: 74000
Setting: Prague, Czechia; and Sevilla, Spain
Languages Available: English

About the Author

L.A. Witt is a romance and suspense author who has at last given up the exciting nomadic lifestyle of the military spouse (read: her husband finally retired). She now resides in Pittsburgh, where the potholes are determined to eat her car and her cats are endlessly taunted by a disrespectful squirrel named Moose. In her spare time, she can be found painting in her art room or destroying her voice at a Pittsburgh Penguins game.

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