Play to Win by Sage Riven

Play to Win is Book Two in The Reapers Series and must be read after My Captain.

The playoffs were never about the Cup.
Elias Mercer already belongs to Damian Kade—and now he’s determined to earn the rest of him.

Damian is the Ravensburg Reapers’ captain: brutal, controlled, untouchable. He’s spent thirteen years breaking men on the ice and keeping his heart locked down tight. He never planned on letting a reckless rookie crawl under his skin and stay there.

But Elias doesn’t play to survive. He plays to be claimed.
Every hit he takes is deliberate. Every reckless shift is an offering. Elias isn’t chasing glory—he’s chasing devotion, permission, a future that looks a lot like Damian’s last name.

As the playoffs turn violent and the pressure closes in, Damian is forced to confront the truth: control isn’t enough anymore. Protecting Elias means choosing him. Fully. Publicly. Permanently.

Because this season isn’t about winning games.

It’s about ownership.
It’s about the ring.
It’s about deciding who you bleed for when everything is on the line.

Play to Win is a filthy, obsessive M/M hockey romance featuring a continuing couple, intense power imbalance, possessive devotion, explicit scenes, and a love that doesn’t ask to be gentle.

Read in order.

Some rings aren’t won.
They’re claimed.