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Set against worlds that include pro-football, private jets, high-status fashion, and emotionally charged relationships, the story blends satire and tragic excess with explicit adult themes. The author’s note frames the book as influenced by genre pioneers and provocative filmmaking that reveal what desire and fame conceal.","HARD COUNT  \nBook One of The Piper Ashton Saga  \nLucas Malone  \nCopyright © 2026 by Lucas Malone All rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law.  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales, teams, leagues, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events or organizations is purely coincidental.  \nThis book contains explicit sexual content, depictions of coercive relationships, and adult themes. Intended for readers 18 and older.  \nThis work makes reference to real musical artists, actors, celebrities, films, TV series, song titles, and published works for illustrative and narrative purposes only. No affiliation with, endorsement by, or sponsorship by any named artist, rights holder, or record label is implied. All referenced works remain the property of their respective copyright holders.  \nProduct names, trademarks, brands, companies, hotels, restaurants, media outlets, social platforms, and publications mentioned in this work are the property of their respective owners and are referenced nominatively for descriptive purposes only. No affiliation, endorsement, or sponsorship is implied. This book is not authorized, endorsed, or licensed by any professional sports league or its member clubs.  \nFirst edition.  \nPublished via Kindle Direct Publishing.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nAWarning Note  \nChapter One: Los Angeles  \nChapter Two: Los Angeles  \nChapter Three: Los Angeles to Atherton  \nChapter Four: Los Angeles Nine years earlier  \nChapter Five: Seattle  \nChapter Six: Los Angeles  \nChapter Seven: Los Angeles  \nChapter Eight: Los Angeles  \nChapter Nine: Los Angeles  \nChapter Ten: Los Angeles  \nChapter Eleven: Los Angeles  \nChapter Twelve: Atherton  \nChapter Thirteen: Los Angeles  \nChapter Fourteen: Los Angeles to Chicago  \nChapter Fifteen: Los Angeles  \nChapter Sixteen: Los Angeles  \nChapter Seventeen: Los Angeles  \nChapter Eighteen: Los Angeles  \nChapter Nineteen: Los Angeles to Seattle  \nChapter Twenty: Seattle  \nChapter Twenty-One: Los Angeles  \nChapter Twenty-Two: Los Angeles  \nChapter Twenty-Three: San Francisco  \nChapter Twenty-Four: Los Angeles  \nChapter Twenty-Five: New York City  \nChapter Twenty-Six: Denver  \nChapter Twenty-Seven: Seattle to Los Angeles  \nChapter Twenty-Eight: Los Angeles to Atherton  \nChapter Twenty-Nine: Atherton  \nChapter Thirty: Los Angeles  \nChapter Thirty-One: Los Angeles  \nChapter Thirty-Two: Los Angeles  \nChapter Thirty-Three: Atlanta  \nChapter Thirty-Four: New York City  \nChapter Thirty-Five: Los Angeles  \nChapter Thirty-Six: Seattle  \nChapter Thirty-Seven: Seattle  \nChapter Thirty-Eight: Seattle  \nChapter Thirty-Nine: Los Angeles to New York City  \nChapter Forty: Los Angeles  \nChapter Forty-One: Los Angeles  \nChapter Forty-Two: East Rutherford  \nChapter Forty-Three: Los Angeles  \nChapter Forty-Four: Los Angeles  \nChapter Forty-Five: Los Angeles  \nChapter Forty-Six: Reykjavík  \nChapter Forty-Seven: Reykjavík  \nSOUNDTRACK  \nAcknowledgments  \nAuthor Bio  \n[OceanofPDF](OceanofPDF. com)[.](OceanofPDF. com)[ com](OceanofPDF. com)  \nFor, well…you know who you are.  \nHARD COUNT  \nBook One Of The Piper Ashton Saga  \nLUCAS MALONE  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nA WARNING NOTE  \nWhen I started writing Hard Count, I kept thinking about E. Lynn Harris.  \nHarris was writing glamorous, gay men inside celebrity and professional sports worlds decades before the current MM romance boom existed in the form we know it now. He wrote the wanting and the shame that rode in on it. 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