I'm married to a cover model/tattoo artist who swore his ex was history. She wasn't, as I was about to discover.

My fiance was due back from his year-long deployment today. His job was dangerous, the area he was in even more so, which led to me keeping my heartbreaking news to myself so he wouldn't be distracted while he was overseas. Little did I know, he'd already been distracted. And she let me know it.

Winning games. Cheers. Trophies. Spotlight. College Football star, Golden Boy, and Browning University's Quarterback, Holden Reyes has all eyes on him as he runs beneath the stadium lights. Runs to the winning score. Runs to the partying. Runs to the spotlight. Runs to the escape exit of his own desolate childhood waiting room. Holding pens. Stories. Apprehensiveness. Hidden. Winona Bennett, living life through the shadows of her made up worlds and mind's creations. With a supermodel for a mother and sister, she is the silhouette to the shadows of their spotlight shined gleaming faces. She wasn't built for the spotlight, rather just secretly walking past her writings in the hands of others on the streets of Manhattan. Oh, the thrill. Except what happens when the paths of each others' comforts cross over each other in a night of what a romance author would refer to as divine disruption? #1 in writer #1 in gold rush #1 in popular guy #1 in Manhattan #1 in supermodel #2 in famous #2 college #1 in popular #1 in collegeromance #1 in youngadult #1 in shy girl #2 in cute

breakaway series - book one CHASE MITCHELL He's hockey's golden boy with a reputation both on and off the ice. When a brutal knee injury threatens his shot at the Cup, his comeback depends on one person: his rival's little sister-the last woman he should want. EMMA ANDERSON She walked away from skating after a career-ending injury crushed her Olympic dreams. Now she's back as the Bears' physical therapist, ready to face her cheating ex-but not ready for Chase Mitchell. Especially when he makes her an offer: fake date him to keep his obsessive ex away, and in return, he'll help her get revenge on hers. Their on-camera chemistry was supposed to be pretend. But when the cameras stop rolling, the heat between them is anything but. Someone's bound to get hurt. And in this game, love isn't just risky-it's a full-contact sport. ⋆˙⟡♡🏒 11/05/2025 #1 - Hockey

Southern Gulf University Series: Book 2 | Sequel to Finding Our Way | Not a stand alone When Mason breaks Lexi's heart and her trust, she takes the job offer in LA and leaves him in her past. Or so she thinks. Fast forward five years and Mason is the best baseball player in the MLB. Fans adore him, girls throw themselves at him, and kids idealize him, but there's only one brunette who can reignite his heart. Lexi's a successful A&R manager in Los Angeles and has closed her heart off from dating since Mason crushed it. Her bosses adore her, her artists want to date her, and her career is her whole life. Only one man can put her heart back together and he's halfway across the country. But when Lexi and Mason come face-to-face again in an unlikely place, are the sparks still there or has the past torn them further apart? Each one has their own new lies and sins, but can they overcome them to prove that if you love someone and you set them free, they'll come back to you.

Logan Romano took the NHL like a hurricane- dark and brooding. With his natural talent, brute force and sheer determination, he goes completely unchallenged both on and off the ice. He's notorious. Both for his success and his stormy personality. With a scorned, broken, heart and battered ego; Logan swore to never fall in love again. And he was a master at keeping his promises. Until he met November Levine. While Logan is a lightning strike and gloomy grey skies, Nova is the beaming sun and blossoming flowers. She's the closest sunshine gets to being a person, acting as a bright ray of joy and optimism. When the polar opposites strike a deal and Nova moves in to Logan's home, tensions run high and feuds quickly begin. But above all else, Logan is forced to revoke his promise to himself. Because once he's stepped into the light, it's almost impossible to plummet back into darkness. ✩✩✩ "Nova." I whisper, my voice low and hoarse against her neck. "Stop it." "Stop what." She whimpers back innocently as her thighs tighten around my hips. My teeth nip at the skin on her jaw in warning. "Either stop teasing or put me out of my fucking misery." November pulls her head back from mine, resting it against the wall, and bats her lashes up at me. "Say please."

As kids, Leah and Tanner hated each other. To this day, they still do. Tanner Cole is tall, dark, tattooed, and insanely attractive, though his ugly heart drowns all of this out to Leah. At eighteen years old, all Leah wants is to go off to college and have a great college experience, but when she realizes that Tanner already goes to Berkeley her hopes of this are dashed. She prays she can somehow steer clear of him, but everywhere she looks, he is there. Seeing no way out of avoiding him, she agrees to a truce though as they spend more time around each other sparks sizzle between Leah and Tanner and soon Leah can't help but strangely crave her frenemy's company and his body which is only a recipe for disaster. Current Status: Complete ✔️ [[110,000 - 112,000 words]] _____ (WARNING: 18+) This book contains minor violence, and explicit sex scenes. (Copyright warning: This is my original work and is not allowed to be copied in any form.) Highest tag ranks: #3 NewAdult #3 College #1 Hotguys #1 Reallifeproblems #1 Scaredtolove #1 Truce #1 Hockey

THE WATTYS SHORTLIST 2025 He's gorgeous. He's reckless. And he's every woman's dirty fantasy in the state of California.., except one... Quinn Ashby. Recent graduate of Penn and top of her class, Quinn is whip smart, ambitious and interning as the new marketing coordinator for the Bexley Bruisers American Hockey League team. The last thing she needs is to waste her time on guys...especially one as lethal to her focus as Cash Brooks. But once the bad boy hockey star tempts her into his world, threatening her professional future, she's forced to decide whether to let him into her heart...or to leave him behind forever.

PLAYING FOR REAL is a sequel to PLAYING FOR KEEPS. It is recommended, as it is a continuation, to read Playing for Real before reading Playing for Keeps. The story that started with PLAYING FOR KEEPS continues... Cash Brooks held a secret from Quinn that destroyed any chance they had at a happy ending. Everything she believed their relationship to be was a lie. Quinn left heartbroken for Harvard, unable to stop loving him even though she knew his past ruined any chance they had at a future. Now, she's in Boston completing her MBA and learning to move on without the only man she ever loved. Starting over isn't easy... especially when an unlikely circumstance pulls her into Cash's world once again. The truth will come out, hearts will be broken, and Cash will have to battle the mistakes from his past and fight for a second chance to be with the woman he loves. Their love isn't perfect, but will it be enough for Quinn to learn to trust him again? Or will the burden and mistakes from his past keep them apart forever?