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Almost Ruined contains content some may find triggering, including:

PTSD and cPTSD
Detailed depictions of a medical emergency
Recollection of elderly family member with dementia
Detailed depictions of familial death because of carbon monoxide poisoning (off page, in the past)
Mentions of anxiety-induced nausea (unrelated to pregnancy)
Detailed depictions of the urge to self harm (cutting)
Detailed harm reduction strategies discussed between two main characters
Brief depictions of self harm by way of oxygen deprivation
Grief
Codependency
Recreational drug use
Forced consumption of unknown substances
Threat of sexual assault to a main character by secondary characters
PTSD-triggered panic attack (on page, affecting two main characters)
Dubious consent between main characters
Daddy kink
Impact play
Spitting
Fluid use of fluids between partners
Projected shame around non-monogamous relationships
Physical injury; shoulder dislocation

Almost Ruined

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  • Why Choose Sports Romance

Tropes: ❤️ Why Choose 🏒 Hockey Romance 🙌 Double Age Gap ✨ Brother’s Best Friend 🫂 Found Family 🚗 “Let’s go get our girl.” 👀 Dubious Exhibition 🙏 Unexpected Teamwork ❄️ Snowed In at Evercrisp Orchard 🪑 Look But Don’t Touch ❤️‍🩹 Healing and Hope 🌅 Epic HEA for Everyone
Release date: February 25, 2026

Mutual destruction makes way for hope and healing in Almost Ruined, the third and final book in the new dark, why choose, college hockey romance series from bestselling author Abby Millsaps.

I told Mercer I’d never forgive him, and I meant every word of that promise.

He hurt Tytus in the most awful, deleterious way while Noah just stood by and let it happen. 

All three men in my life have contributed to the toxic, unnecessary agony of our collective heartache, but I’m the one who brought them together. This is all my fault. Everything is ruined, and I have no one to blame but myself. 

I almost captured that once-in-a-lifetime kind of love, and I was lucky enough to experience it three times over. But almost has never been enough.

I’ll miss Mercer’s bold, dominant attentiveness just as much as I’ll yearn for Noah’s sweet, gentle brand of care. I’ll spend the rest of my life craving Ty’s intense possessiveness.

It all ends now.

I refuse to choose between them, so I’m opting out entirely. I’d rather break my own heart and mourn the loss of them for the rest of my life than let them hurt each other ever again. 

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