[PRE-ORDER] Common Goal: Deluxe Limited Edition (Game Changers #4, Reissue) by Rachel Reid

Release Date: 10/27/2026

hockey romance • age-gap romance • friends-with-benefits • mm romance • opposites attract

A veteran hockey goalie ready for a new chapter meets a younger graduate student who has no intention of letting their attraction become anything more. What begins as a mutually understood arrangement soon becomes much harder to keep uncomplicated when the chemistry between them starts pointing toward something deeper.

The Vibe

Eric Bennett has spent years facing down pressure on the ice, but retirement brings an entirely different kind of challenge. After deciding it is finally time to explore dating men, he meets Kyle Swift, a younger man with his own reasons for keeping things casual.

Kyle is immediately drawn to Eric, but he is determined not to get emotionally involved. Their arrangement promises to be simple: enjoy the attraction, learn from each other, and move on. Of course, feelings have a way of making simple plans considerably more complicated.

Set in the professional hockey world, Common Goal combines steamy chemistry with tenderness, humor, and emotional vulnerability. The contrast between Eric's experience and Kyle's determination creates a romance that is playful, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying for readers who love relationships that gradually become something more.

Tropes & Tags

• Hockey romance
• MM romance
• Age-gap romance
• Friends-with-benefits
• Older hero
• Younger hero
• Opposites attract
• Professional athlete
• Graduate student
• Retirement and new beginnings
• Emotional romance
• Steamy romance
• New York setting
• Mutual attraction

Books in Series (In Order)

• Game Changer, #1
• Heated Rivalry, #2
• Tough Guy, #3
• Common Goal, #4
• Role Model, #5
• The Long Game, #6
• Unrivaled, #7

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