Malachi “Kai” Rivers plays football like a man with something to prove. At twenty-five, the openly gay NFL wide receiver has become one of the league’s most exciting players, admired for both his talent and his refusal to hide who he is. Fame, money, and success have followed, but the past still lingers in the back of his mind.
When Kai was nine years old, he and his siblings were taken from their Baltimore home and separated in foster care. He hasn’t seen them since.
Now that he finally has the resources, Kai hires a private investigator to find them, hoping the promise he made as a child isn’t too late to keep.
Dominic “Dom” Gallagher isn’t impressed by fame. A former amateur boxer turned gym owner, Dom spends his days training neighborhood kids and holding his community together one workout at a time. Bisexual but drawn more toward men, Dom lives honestly and quietly, focused on the life he’s built rather than the one he could have chased.
When Kai shows up at Dom’s gym during the offseason looking for a place to train without cameras or attention, the connection between them is immediate.
What starts as respect between two men who understand struggle quickly grows into something deeper. As Kai’s search for his lost siblings begins pulling painful truths into the light, Dom becomes the one person who refuses to let him carry the weight alone.
Between the pressure of the NFL, the ghosts of childhood, and a love neither of them expected, Kai and Dom discover that sometimes the strongest bond in a man’s life isn’t the one he was born into…it’s the one he finds along the way.
When Kai was nine years old, he and his siblings were taken from their Baltimore home and separated in foster care. He hasn’t seen them since.
Now that he finally has the resources, Kai hires a private investigator to find them, hoping the promise he made as a child isn’t too late to keep.
Dominic “Dom” Gallagher isn’t impressed by fame. A former amateur boxer turned gym owner, Dom spends his days training neighborhood kids and holding his community together one workout at a time. Bisexual but drawn more toward men, Dom lives honestly and quietly, focused on the life he’s built rather than the one he could have chased.
When Kai shows up at Dom’s gym during the offseason looking for a place to train without cameras or attention, the connection between them is immediate.
What starts as respect between two men who understand struggle quickly grows into something deeper. As Kai’s search for his lost siblings begins pulling painful truths into the light, Dom becomes the one person who refuses to let him carry the weight alone.
Between the pressure of the NFL, the ghosts of childhood, and a love neither of them expected, Kai and Dom discover that sometimes the strongest bond in a man’s life isn’t the one he was born into…it’s the one he finds along the way.
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Kindle, 394 pages
Published
September 23, 2026
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Malachi “Kai” Rivers plays football like a man with something to prove. At twenty-five, the openly gay NFL wide receiver has become one of the league’s most exciting players, admired for both his talent and his refusal to hide who he is. Fame, money, and success have followed, but the past still lingers in the back of his mind.
When Kai was nine years old, he and his siblings were taken from their Baltimore home and separated in foster care. He hasn’t seen them since.
Now that he finally has the resources, Kai hires a private investigator to find them, hoping the promise he made as a child isn’t too late to keep.
Dominic “Dom” Gallagher isn’t impressed by fame. A former amateur boxer turned gym owner, Dom spends his days training neighborhood kids and holding his community together one workout at a time. Bisexual but drawn more toward men, Dom lives honestly and quietly, focused on the life he’s built rather than the one he could have chased.
When Kai shows up at Dom’s gym during the offseason looking for a place to train without cameras or attention, the connection between them is immediate.
What starts as respect between two men who understand struggle quickly grows into something deeper. As Kai’s search for his lost siblings begins pulling painful truths into the light, Dom becomes the one person who refuses to let him carry the weight alone.
Between the pressure of the NFL, the ghosts of childhood, and a love neither of them expected, Kai and Dom discover that sometimes the strongest bond in a man’s life isn’t the one he was born into…it’s the one he finds along the way.
When Kai was nine years old, he and his siblings were taken from their Baltimore home and separated in foster care. He hasn’t seen them since.
Now that he finally has the resources, Kai hires a private investigator to find them, hoping the promise he made as a child isn’t too late to keep.
Dominic “Dom” Gallagher isn’t impressed by fame. A former amateur boxer turned gym owner, Dom spends his days training neighborhood kids and holding his community together one workout at a time. Bisexual but drawn more toward men, Dom lives honestly and quietly, focused on the life he’s built rather than the one he could have chased.
When Kai shows up at Dom’s gym during the offseason looking for a place to train without cameras or attention, the connection between them is immediate.
What starts as respect between two men who understand struggle quickly grows into something deeper. As Kai’s search for his lost siblings begins pulling painful truths into the light, Dom becomes the one person who refuses to let him carry the weight alone.
Between the pressure of the NFL, the ghosts of childhood, and a love neither of them expected, Kai and Dom discover that sometimes the strongest bond in a man’s life isn’t the one he was born into…it’s the one he finds along the way.