Senior year is supposed to be simple for Paige Bueckers. Lead UConn to another championship. Finish her college career on top. Ignore the constant attention from fans, media, and scouts waiting for her next move. Then she meets Isabella "Bella" Auriemma. At twenty-two, Bella is nothing like the college students Paige is used to being around. Fiercely independent, sharp-witted, and impossible to intimidate, Bella is balancing graduate studies in forensic psychology while raising her three-year-old son, Leo. Becoming a mother at nineteen forced her to grow up faster than everyone around her, and she's spent years proving that she doesn't need anyone's help-especially not a star basketball player. As Geno Auriemma's niece, Bella has been around basketball her entire life. She knows exactly who Paige is, which makes her one of the few people completely unimpressed by the superstar treatment everyone else gives her. And that might be what draws Paige in the most. What starts as casual run-ins at family dinners, practices, and campus events quickly turns into late-night conversations, coffee runs, and afternoons spent with a curious little boy who somehow steals Paige's heart before she even realizes what's happening. Leo adores Paige from the start. Bella tries not to. Because falling for someone like Paige Bueckers comes with risks. The spotlight. The uncertainty. The fact that Paige's future could take her anywhere after graduation. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to ignore the way Paige fits into their lives-or the way Leo starts saving a seat for her at the dinner table. For the first time in her life, Paige finds herself wanting something bigger than basketball. And for the first time in years, Bella finds herself wondering if she can trust someone enough to let them become part of her little family. Between championship dreams, family expectations, and a love neither of them saw coming, Paige and Bella will have to decide i

Paige Bueckers has always known how to handle pressure. National championships. Sold-out arenas. The weight of an entire program resting on her shoulders. Falling in love? That's a different game entirely. When Paige meets **Sienna Hart**, UConn's fearless cheer captain and the coolest single mom on campus, she expects a friendship at most. Sienna is everything Paige isn't prepared for-confident, hilarious, effortlessly beautiful, and completely devoted to her five-year-old daughter, **Poppy**. Poppy Hart is sunshine in sparkly sneakers. She's loud, curious, obsessed with basketball, and somehow decides within five minutes of meeting Paige that they're best friends forever. What starts as quick conversations in the practice facility turns into movie nights, playground adventures, late-night talks, and a little girl who slowly begins saving Paige a seat at every game. As their worlds intertwine, Paige finds herself falling-not just for Sienna, but for the family they create together. But love isn't always easy. Between championship expectations, motherhood, and the fear of risking everything for something that could change their lives forever, Paige and Sienna must decide if they're willing to take the biggest leap of all. Because sometimes the greatest love story isn't about finding the perfect person. It's about finding the people who make you feel at home. And for Paige Bueckers, home might just come with a cheer captain's smile and a five-year-old who steals her heart long before her mom ever does.

Paige Bueckers has one problem. She needs a date for the ESPYS. Arabella St. James has one of her own. She needs to convince her wealthy, impossible-to-please family that she's finally moved on from the ex who broke her heart. A simple deal is made. One glamorous night. One set of rules. One fake relationship. Easy... until neither of them is ready to let it end. What starts as a carefully planned arrangement quickly becomes months of shared flights, late-night phone calls, family holidays, college basketball games, red carpets, and pretending a little too well. Somewhere between the staged kisses, stolen glances, and convincing everyone else they're in love, they begin wondering if they're the only two who haven't admitted the truth. Set during Paige's junior year at UConn, *Fake Dating* is a slow-burn romance about finding love where you least expect it, discovering that home can be a person, and realizing that sometimes the best relationships are the ones that were never supposed to be real.

You called me your everything. Paige Bueckers x Fem OC.

Adelaide de Courcy has always belonged to a world that was decided for her long before she was born. It was one built on legacy, expectation, and quiet obedience. Every step she takes is measured, every choice already written. Even love, it seems, is no exception. Then there's Paige Bueckers who's effortless, magnetic, and entirely her own. With her, things feel unscripted. Dangerous in a way Adelaide has never allowed herself to be. What begins as something fleeting turns into something neither of them can quite define. It was something soft, consuming, and impossible to ignore. But in a world where the past lingers and the future is already promised, love doesn't come without consequence. Because some people don't just leave. They stay etched into you, lingering in the quiet, in the spaces you thought you'd healed. Like a tattoo kiss that never quite fades.

Always a funny thing watchin' the tough guy bleed. Paige Bueckers x Fem OC.

"𝗢𝗵, 𝗻𝗼 𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗜 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲" ~ 𝓡𝓪𝓿𝔂𝓷 𝓛𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓮 Basketball and Love... Who could ask for more? *Situationship to lovers* #1 in KK (3/03/26) #2 in Ice (2/05/26) #1 in Sarah (10/06/26) #1 in Paige (28/08/26)

ⁿᵃᵗᵃˡⁱᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵏᵃᵗᵉ ᵘˢᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵈᵃᵗᵉ ᵇᵃᶜᵏ ⁱⁿ ⁿᵃᵗⁱ'ˢ ʲᵘⁿⁱᵒʳ ʸᵉᵃʳ ᵒᶠ ᶜᵒˡˡᵉᵍᵉ, ʷʰⁱˡᵉ ⁱᵗ ʷᵃˢ ᵏᵃᵗᵉˢ ˢⁱˣᵗʰ ᵃⁿᵈ ᶠⁱⁿᵃˡ ʸᵉᵃʳ. ᵗʰⁱⁿᵍˢ ˢᵗᵃʳᵗᵉᵈ ᵍᵉᵗᵗⁱⁿᵍ ʳᵒᵘᵍʰ ʷʰᵉⁿ ᵏᵃᵗᵉ ʷᵃˢ ᵃᵇᵒᵘᵗ ᵗᵒ ᵐᵒᵛᵉ ᵗᵒ ˡᵃˢ ᵛᵉᵍᵃˢ, ʸᵒᵘ ᵇᵒᵗʰ ᶜᵃˡˡᵉᵈ ⁱᵗ ᵠᵘⁱᵗˢ. ʷᵉⁿᵗ ⁿᵒ ᶜᵒⁿᵗᵃᶜᵗ ᶠᵒʳ ᵃˡᵐᵒˢᵗ ᵗʷᵒ ʸᵉᵃʳˢ ᵃᶠᵗᵉʳ ᵗʰᵃᵗ. ʷʰᵃᵗ ʰᵃᵖᵖᵉⁿˢ ʷʰᵉⁿ ʸᵒᵘ ᵇᵒᵗʰ ᵉⁿᵈ ᵘᵖ ⁱⁿ ˢᵃⁿ ᶠʳᵃⁿᶜⁱˢᶜᵒ, ⁿᵒᵗ ᵏⁿᵒʷⁱⁿᵍ ʸᵒᵘ ʷᵒᵘˡᵈ ᶜʳᵒˢˢ ᵖᵃᵗʰˢ ᵃᵍᵃⁱⁿ. ⁱˢ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ ᵃ ᶠᵘᵗᵘʳᵉ ᶠᵒʳ ⁿᵃᵗⁱ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵏᵃᵗᵉ? ᵐᵃʸᵇᵉ ʸᵒᵘ ᵇᵒᵗʰ ᵉˣᶜᵉᵖᵗᵉᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᵘⁿᵉˣᵖᵉᶜᵗᵉᵈ. this book is originally inspired by @ajah_noel book that she wrote about paige. any similarities are all inspired by her, it's one of my favorites so please go read that!!! without further ado... ʷᵉˡᶜᵒᵐᵉ ᵗᵒ ᵇᵃᵇʸᵐᵃᵐᵃ, ⁿᵃᵗᵃˡⁱᵉ ᵃⁿᵈ ᵏᵃᵗᵉ'ˢ ˢᵗᵒʳʸ.