{"product_id":"wingmen-9798240923968","title":"Wingmen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo wingers. One bet. The summer that changes everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDustin Bennet used to be the fastest winger in the league. But at twenty-nine, with a busted knee, he has to slow down - and that's terrifying. Dustin wasn't raised to quit. He was raised to win.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich means twenty-one-year-old Elliot Rodriguez is going to be a problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElliot just finished one of the most impressive breakout seasons on record, with a win that made every sports headline in the country: \u003cem\u003eRodriguez is the new Bennet.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDustin isn't taking that lying down. So when they wind up doing their off-season in the same city, Dustin proposes a bet: act as each others' wingmen through the summer. Highest body count when the season starts in September wins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the summer deepens, what started as rivalry becomes something else. And somewhere between the 2AM drinks and the 6AM workouts, they realize they're more interested in each other than the bodies they're counting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Dustin is hiding something that's getting worse by the week. And Elliot has buried a loss that makes what he's seeing impossible to ignore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe summer ends at Labor Day. What they're building behind the closed door of Dustin's apartment might not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWingmen\u003c\/em\u003e is a standalone, dual-POV, rivals-to-lovers MM hockey romance featuring a gay\/bi awakening, a recovery arc handled with emotional honesty, explicit open-door scenes, and a satisfying HFN.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tyrannosaurus Yes Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798240923968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.76d","brand":"Hailey Reaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52934445891765,"sku":"9798240923968","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/wingmen-9798240923968","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}