Ella Grace Graham has spent her entire life learning how to survive pressure. As the younger sister of Garrett Graham, Briar University's hockey golden boy, expectations follow her everywhere. On the ice, she's one of the fiercest forwards in women's college hockey. Off the ice, she's exhausted from carrying the weight of a last name tied to talent, perfection, and a father who only knows how to love conditionally. Control is the only thing keeping her together. Then there's Beau Maxwell. Briar's star quarterback is everything Ella avoids: charming, reckless, social, impossible not to notice. She's known Beau for years through Garrett and the hockey house chaos. He's always been there in the background of her life, all easy smiles and late-night parties and sarcastic comments thrown across crowded kitchens. Until suddenly he isn't background anymore. Somewhere between shared classes, early morning practices, brutal family expectations, and conversations that stretch too long after midnight, Ella starts realizing the most dangerous thing about Beau Maxwell isn't his reputation. It's how safe he makes her feel. But friendships like theirs come with rules. Don't stare too long. Don't touch too much. Don't wonder what kissing your best friend would feel like. And definitely don't fall in love with someone capable of ruining you. As Briar's hockey and football worlds collide, relationships deepen, secrets unravel, and the line between friendship and wanting becomes impossible to ignore. Ella and Beau find themselves trapped in the terrifying space between almost and actually. Because some people become part of you quietly. And some loves arrive like a car crash: fast, beautiful, and impossible to survive unchanged.

Avery Dilaurentis and Beau Maxwell have known each other their whole lives. He's her brother's best friend, and somehow, they've always existed in the same world-without ever crossing the line. But one summer changed everything. Now nothing feels the same, no matter how hard they try to pretend it does. Every look lasts too long, every moment feels loaded, and they're both fighting something they can't say out loud. They're trying to hold onto a simple life that doesn't feel simple anymore-but how long can two people hide what they feel before it all falls apart? Because the truth is, they don't just need each other... they want each other. And the closer they get, the more they have to lose... but at what cost?

Tiffany Vanderbilt-Di Laurentis, an old-money fashion icon and brilliant pre-med student who abruptly transfers from Harvard to Briar University after a messy breakup with her ex, Nate, ends in a beautifully localized fraternity house fire. For years, Briar's golden-boy quarterback, Beau Maxwell, has been secretly and deeply in love with her, but he's always been safely categorized as her childhood friend-and more importantly, his best friend's sister. Now that Tiffany is on his home turf, Beau is ready to run a slow, deliberate play to finally win her heart. But standing directly in his way is Dean, Tiffany's fiercely protective adoptive brother and Briar's hockey assistant captain, who enforces an absolute zero-tolerance policy when it comes to anyone-especially his playboy best friend-touching his sister. As Beau and Tiffany navigate a mounting, slow-burning attraction, they must decide if crossing the line is worth risking a massive sibling war, all while the ghosts of Tiffany's past threaten to set their new lives ablaze.

Ilaria Johnson is Briar U's golden girl, captain of the women's soccer team, straight-A student, and the kind of person everyone depends on. But behind her bright smile is a past she's fought hard to survive. Beau Maxwell is reckless, charming, and the last person she should want. As Briar's star quarterback and captain, he hides everything real behind sarcasm and bad decisions-until Ilaria starts seeing through the act. What begins as teasing and tension quickly turns into something deeper. Because Beau makes Ilaria feel less alone. And Ilaria makes Beau want to be better. But when old wounds resurface, they'll have to decide if love can survive the weight of everything they've been trying to outrun.

Charlotte "Charlie" Graham has spent most of her life surviving. Childhood leukemia, the loss of her mother, and years under her father's roof taught her one thing: rely on nobody but yourself. The only exception was her brother Garrett. Now a pre-med student at Briar University, Charlie has finally escaped home and built a life of her own. Between classes, the hockey team that practically adopted her, and the future she's worked so hard for, she's convinced herself she's moved on. Then a Briar quarterback convinces her to step onto the ice for the first time in years. Charlie thought she'd left figure skating behind the day her father took it from her. What she doesn't realize is that some dreams- and some wounds- refuse to stay buried.

Dean Di Laurentis has two major rules in life: win at all costs, and keep his Briar Hockey teammates far away from his little sister, Jade. But Beau Maxwell has been secretly breaking the rules for years.

Lorelai Daisy Slater was a quiet girl. She worked hard for what she had, put a lot of effort into her studies, and was ready for the real world. She worked hard to transfer from a little community college to Briar U. She thought it was gonna be an easy two years, work at Malones, get a scholarship, and get a stable job once she graduates, but the Briar U boys seem to be interested in her. Rory had thought she left it all behind, but when Dean DiLaurentis recognizes her, she knows it's gonna be hard to avoid him. She sneaks around him at Malones, the Hockey rink, when she sneaks in to skate, and even on campus. But how long until the boys succeed and get Rory to finally talk to them?

New chapter every day starting May 1! While the Black Hood terrorizes the North, a White Hood moves through the South-quietly healing, unseen. No one knows her name, only her kindness. But when secrets blur and worlds collide, the girl in white won't stay hidden forever. ** is a Smut/Spicy moment chapter warning

"This wasn't meant to happen... I wasn't supposed to fall for you like this." "Maybe that's because some futures are yours to choose, not to see."

Born on the same day as Harry Potter, Amara Potter was meant to share in the love, the legacy, and the life that came with the name. She didn't. Forgotten in the shadow of her twin and blamed for a birth that nearly cost her mother everything, Amara grows up on the edges of a family that never quite claimed her. But on the night of her first birthday, something changes. Taken from the only home she has ever known, Amara is brought before a man the wizarding world fears-a man who should not be capable of care. And yet, he keeps her. Raised under a new name, in a world built on power, blood, and control, Amara becomes Colette Gaunt-the daughter of a man who was never meant to be human again. At Hogwarts, she stands on the opposite side of everything she was born into... including the boy who was once her other half. Some stories begin with love. This one begins with being left behind.