Sometimes, it's safer to stay in the shadows.

Once a rising hockey star, Henry Greenaway's world shattered after a brutal car accident left him with life-threatening injuries, failing vision, and a career in ruins. Isolated, broke, and estranged from his family, he's spiraling. Hockey was his escape, his freedom—and now, it's gone.

Apollo Vasquez knows how to care for demanding athletes. But with his best friend moving on, he's feeling lost—until he's hired to help Henry recover. Moving into a sprawling Lockhart mansion in Tucson, Apollo brings his sunny optimism, tough love, and no-nonsense rules into Henry's life.

The grumpy, wounded hockey player and the too-cheerful caregiver shouldn't fit, but the lines blur between shared meals and stolen smiles. Henry doesn't want to need Apollo. Apollo knows Henry will heal and move on. But when hearts get involved, what happens when it's time to say goodbye?

Shadow and Light is an MM hockey hurt/comfort romance filled with grumpy/sunshine tension, forced proximity that sparks unexpected intimacy, and a tender caregiver dynamic