The water doesn’t lie, and neither does the heat between them.
Off the Roster is a high-stakes, forbidden MM sports romance featuring an ice-cold coach, a self-destructive athlete, and the $500,000 secret that could drown them both. Perfect for fans of Heated Rivalry and The Foxhole Court.
Adrian Vega is one scandal away from being washed up. A disgraced Olympic gold medalist with a death wish and a taste for chaos, he’s the "Bad Boy of the Backstroke" who refuses to be tamed.
Enter Marcus Hale: the rigid, emotionally repressed coach who needs to fix Adrian to save his own shattered reputation.
It was supposed to be strictly professional.
But 4:00 AM private sessions are a breeding ground for friction.
The sensory deprivation tanks turn quiet observation into raw obsession.
And the closer they get to the Olympic Trials, the harder it is to keep their hands off each other.
The stakes couldn’t be higher. A zero-tolerance integrity clause means one photograph—one leaked rumor—will result in a lifetime ban and a total career execution.
At Aegir Academy, victory is everything, but the cost of gold might be their souls.