A Year Without Summer

Luke Mackinnon has been hiding something from his friend Mason Green: They're still bonded from that time Mason accidentally bit Luke in a fit of passion nearly ten years ago. When he finds out he's still mated to his best friend, Mason suggests that maybe they should give the bond a whirl. Could it be that the infamously promiscuous Mason is actually thinking about settling down?

At the close of hockey season, the alpha-omega pair takes off to the seclusion of Mason's summer cottage near their hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, intent on testing their novel relationship. But what's supposed to be an eight-week respite from the world quickly becomes a melodramatic rollercoaster ride of friends, family, jealousywith a couple of shocking revelations along the way.



A Year Without Summer is the first novel in the Slapshot! series. Building on the world of the International Hockey Association and its star players explored in the serialized web publication Slapshot!, the books can be enjoyed on their own or with the rest of the series found at cherrypickett.com.