Sterling Carter's life is built on control-perfect grades, perfect form, perfect trajectory straight to the Olympic volleyball team. At twenty-two, she's the star outside hitter at the University of Michigan and top of her class in dentistry, the golden product of an old-money family that only loves success. One game, one bad landing, and one opponent's foot hidden under the net is all it takes to blow it apart. With a torn ACL and PCL and a nine-to-twelve-month recovery, Sterling's dream is suddenly on life support. The scouts stop calling. Her parents pull away. For the first time in her life, there's no plan she can grind her way through, no version of "try harder" that will fix what's broken. Enter Maddox King-twenty-four, captain of Michigan's D1 hockey team, human freight train on the ice, and soft-hearted menace off it. He has everything Sterling doesn't: a loud, loving family, a stupidly loyal group of friends, and the unshakable belief that people are worth more than what they can do. When a twist of timing and one overinvested best friend pull Sterling into Maddox's orbit, he becomes the one person who refuses to treat her like she's ruined. As the season she was supposed to dominate turns into a year on the sideline, Sterling has to learn how to exist without the one thing that's always defined her-and decide whether letting Maddox in is one more risky play she can't afford... or the first choice she makes entirely for herself. Book #1 in the 'Carter' series

Rosie Moving to New York was my fresh start, a chance to get away from my disaster of a hometown, and maybe learn how to breathe on my own. Romance? Not on the itinerary. So when I meet a charming, overly confident guy at a bar with golden-blond hair and too many dimples than should be legal, and way too much flirt - I don't expect to see him again. Then I do... on the ice, the very next night. Dylan I've met plenty of girls in bars. Most of them know who I am, Rosie didn't. And maybe that's why I couldn't stop thinking about her. She was introverted and blunt and completely unimpressed with my attempt at a pick up line, which was honestly kind of refreshing. Seeing her in the stands at my game felt like fate. Running into her again afterward? Game on. A sweet, slow-burn hockey rom-com about unlikely connections, quiet confidence, and falling for someone who sees past the spotlight.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand. "And it's my whole heart weighted and measured inside." Harry Potter x Fem!OC Prisoner of Azkaban - Deathly Hallows © flayedcrank

❝𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲?❞ ❝𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦.❞ 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗬 𝗣𝗢𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥 had a few, perhaps a little or more than a palm of qualms in his life. First up was the whole "The Boy-Who-Lived" shenanigans, then there was an ungodly amount of people who wanted him dead - nice! - but what had always bothered him was the weirdly complicated concept of innocent love that was long gone already. He had too much to worry, yet here he was again, standing on the exit of something that was long gone, waiting. For who? For the same girl who had left him. I; Harry j. Potter x she!oc II; Order of Phoenix - Deathly Hallows All rights unfortunately belongs to JK R*WLING, but characters that are unheard of from the original series, as well as minor plots are MINE.

you know how much i hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back, just like that ( fem!oc x harry james potter ) | STATUS : IN PROGRESS

„What if I would ask you to kill for me?" Athena asked him quietly. „Then," Harry paused for just a second, „I would kill for you." ❝ THE ONE IN WHICH REGULUS BLACK'S DAUGHTER TRIES HER HARDEST NOT TO REPEAT HIS MISTAKES ❞ #DOITAGAIN oc x harry potter ©2023

I think he knows He'd better lock it down Or I won't stick around 'Cause good ones never wait - I Think He Knows by Taylor Swift - Soleyna Turner never cared much for Formula 1. She only came to the Austrian Grand Prix to escape, to breathe, to spend one wild weekend with her fearless best friend, Tiana Munt. Cameras, engines, drivers-they meant nothing. Until one camera caught her. Until one driver couldn't look away. Lando Norris sees her for less than five seconds on the big screen-but it's enough. Enough to make him lose focus. Enough to make him want more. Who is the girl with the unreadable eyes and the crooked smile? The one who disappears into the crowd like a secret too dangerous to hold? Drawn together by coincidence, tension crackles between them like static in the summer heat. Every glance dares. Every word teases. But as the race weekend spins faster, so do the stakes. She's not here to fall for a driver. And he's never chased anything he couldn't catch-until now. In a world of fast cars, faster rumors, and a girl who wasn't meant to be found, can two hearts survive the crash? racing driver x art student Lando Norris x FemOc

Before giving herself over the the inevitable marriage mart that is the London Season, Lily Beresford is determined to make a clandestine foray out into the real world. Desperate for a sense of purpose and autonomy before she marries, Lily creates a pseudonym and applies for work as a secretary to an Irish merchant. What starts as a simple ruse for a taste of independence quickly becomes complicated as Lily gets to know her new employer, rivals emerge, and trust is ultimately tested. Lily is about to learn the true meaning of "be careful what you wish for".

When an angelic girl from Michael's past shows up in Small Heath after losing everything, he fights his feelings as she slowly gets drawn closer and closer to his family's dangerous life

Ginelle Hayes is orphaned, and after escaping her abusive guardian with a dark secret, she finds herself alone on the cruel streets of London. Then Eloise Ashford arrives to take the impoverished child under her care and back to her lavish plantation manor where she raises the skittish child as her own. He is an intense and challenging man, with dark secrets and a guarded heart. Dorian Don Ashford returns from sea, eager to seek the comforts of his manor home, only to find an unwanted distraction in the form of a small, orphan girl. As time transpires, the girl transforms into a remarkable beauty that stirs feelings unknown to Dorian, slowly thawing the ice around his heart. But when a sudden tragedy occurs, will it bring Dorian and Ginelle closer, will their desire and destiny bound them together in the thralls of love or will the past resurface and the perilous truths shatter their lives forever? Cover done by M_Rainberry.