(The Rookie) When Lucy Chen faces an unexpected pregnancy, her life splits in two directions she never saw coming. Years later, fate brings her back to Tim Bradford - the man she once loved and lost - and the truth they share forces them to confront heartbreak, healing, and the fragile hope of a second chance. Together, they learn that family can be rebuilt, trust can be earned, and love can return in the slow, steady ways that matter most.

Lucy Chen is stubborn. Well, she doesn't think so. But after earning the reputation of "Ice Princess" and being dumped by her skating partner, she's scrambling to find someone to skate with. Someone good , she might add. Insert Timothy Bradford - World Champion with his ex partner, a step from Olympic gold, before she dropped him for someone else. Angered by her betrayal, he's been labeled 'impossible to work with' . But Lucy wants to win, and she always did like a challenge.

Angela knows she is going to break up with her unreliable boyfriend, Sean, but she's waiting until after the holidays. Her friend Lucy, struggling in a relationship with her new boyfriend, Tim, believes any time, even the month of December is the perfect time for a breakup if things aren't going well. They make a pact: if Lucy can end things with Tim by month's end, Angela will follow suit with Sean. Lucy, accepting the challenge after being let down too many times, navigates holiday festivities while trying to break up with Tim, who is intent on strengthening their relationship, especially when he finds out bringing a girlfriend to the company party on December 30th could help him earn a promotion. Amid the holiday chaos, Lucy and Tim unexpectedly discover the magic of the season, rekindle their romance, and reshape their future together. Very loosely based on the movie "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days".

After Lucy matches with a mystery mate on an anonymous dating app, she quickly develops a strong relationship through texts with a man she only knows by his username, OfficerBlueEyes. Tim (AKA OfficerBlueEyes) gets to know Lucy by her username, LucyInBloom, but soon considers arranging for them to meet up. Fate brings them together in person when they are both selected to attend a tactical training bootcamp, however she mistakes a different participant named Noah for the man she had been falling for virtually. What starts as a few simple messages and withstands some misunderstandings evolves into an enduring connection.

They call Tim Bradford a fortress in uniform-sharp edges, strict rules, no way in. At Mid-Wilshire, everyone assumes he's riding Lucy Chen hard because she's a rookie who needs to be humbled. What they don't see are the fractures Lucy hides beneath the badge. She's cornered, exhausted, and running out of ways to keep the pieces from falling apart. When the truth finally surfaces, it doesn't just test policy-it tests loyalty. And Tim must decide whether he'll remain the unbreakable wall everyone expects... or step across the line to protect the one person who slipped past his defenses against all odds. !This book WILL contain smut so this is your warning!

In this alternative universe of The Rookie, Tim Bradford is a respected LAFD firefighter and Lucy Chen is a dedicated LAPD agent. After a joint mission, the two fall in love and start dating secretly to avoid strict professional regulations between departments. However, the secret is in danger when Isabel, Tim's ex-wife, reappears at the fire station in an attempt to reconnect the marriage. When rejected, Isabel discovers the novel and, out of spite, lets the information escape to Detective Angela Lopez. In a few hours, the rumor spreads like smoke through the two corporations. Now, with their respective superiors demanding explanations at the police station, Tim and Lucy are forced to make a decision: continue to hide the love they feel or face the consequences and assume the relationship in front of the entire city of Los Angeles.

Tim and Lucy are married! They have been for almost fourteen years! They have a thirteen year old daughter named Angelica Harper Bradford ( she goes by Harps), a three year old son named Weston Levi Bradford, and Lucy just found out she is pregnant with another baby! She is about fifteen weeks. Lucy is a field sergeant and Tim is still the watch commander. They still live in Tim's house, but they renovated and made an upstairs so the kids could have their own bedroom! Lucy and Tim have had some ups and downs, but they still have that love that they've had since the beginning! Their world is perfect. Perfect kids, perfect relationships, perfect house! Everything is perfect! Or so they thought... * I made this story up completely by myself! I do no own any of these characters except for Weston Levi Bradford, Angelica Harper Bradford, and the baby Lucy is pregnant with.*

Lucy gets evicted from her apartment yet again, so in desperate need of a short term solution, she stays with Tim, but with feelings brewing between them, living together intensifies their connection. Canon divergent after 3x14. Title shares the name with a song by Taylor Swift.

"Lucy Chen is a fearless, relentless journalist who thrives on exposing the truth. She's never believed in love after her ex-fiancé betrayed her, leaving her heart shattered and wary of anyone who gets too close. When she begins investigating a powerful gang, she doesn't know she's about to enter a world far darker than anything she's ever written about. Tim Bradford is the head of the city's most feared mafia family. Hardened by tragedy, responsibility, and loss, he's never known love. His father's death thrust him into a role he never wanted, leaving no room for romance or vulnerability until he sees Lucy. Her courage, intelligence, and fiery independence stir something inside him that he cannot ignore. When Lucy is kidnapped during an investigation gone wrong, Tim swoops in to rescue her. That moment, when he whispers, "Who did this to you?", becomes the turning point. It is the first time Lucy feels his heart behind the dangerous façade, and the first time she realizes she may have already fallen for him. As danger escalates, secrets unravel, and their hearts collide, Tim and Lucy must navigate a world where trust is fragile, betrayal is lethal, and love could be the most dangerous risk of all."

Sergeant Tim Bradford and Officer Lucy Chen have always been friends-and a little flirty-but never more. One night changes everything, and soon they find themselves navigating parenthood as friends and co-parents, learning what it truly means to care for another life. Along the way, they begin to realize that their bond is more than friendship, and love quietly grows amidst the joys and challenges of raising a family, setting the stage for a life full of hope, laughter, and the adventures still to come.