Hidden Power Play

By: Ryan Taylor, Joshua Harwood

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese

The only thing worse than hating him? Wanting him.

Nico

Kirby “Packy” Paquette used to be my teammate, roommate, and best friend. But everything fell apart when he slept with my ex-girlfriend.

Just as we were about to start our professional hockey careers, our friendship exploded into bitter fights, damaged reputations, and a seven-year rivalry.

We never talked about what happened. Instead, we let pride take over, and our on-ice hatred has become legendary. No one doubts how we feel about each other, especially not us.

Packy

Things were fine until the league called a few weeks ago. Now, Nico Rossi and I are stuck together on a PR tour, trying to make nice and ignore the past.

There’s just one problem: the cameras catch everything we can’t hide, and social media is obsessed with us. The attention is so relentless we’re questioning what everyone else apparently already knows.

We’re trying to pretend the past doesn’t matter, but this forced proximity is slowly making us face the truth. We’re starting to wonder if we ever understood what we were actually fighting about.

Hidden Power Play is the fifth standalone in the bestselling Buffalo Warriors Hockey series. Expect a high-heat MM hockey romance featuring vicious rivals, a bi-awakening, explosive tension, chaotic found family, and a hard-earned HEA.

©2026 Ryan Taylor and Joshua Harwood (P)2026 Ryan Taylor and Joshua Harwood

The Kind of Audio You Don’t Pause

I didn’t just read Hidden Power Play—I felt it in a completely different way through this audiobook.

Alexander Cendese brings Nico and Packy to life with so much emotion and intensity that it honestly feels like you’re right there with them—on the ice, in the tension, in every quiet, aching moment they try to hide. The way he captures their history, their frustration, and that undeniable pull between them? It wrecked me in the best way.

The chemistry hits harder. The longing lingers longer. And those moments where everything is about to spill over? You can hear it.

This story already had my heart, but the narration took it to another level. I didn’t want to pause it—I just wanted to stay wrapped up in Nico and Packy a little longer.