In the Astor Group Ice Arenas, the worlds of ice hockey and figure skating merge by the border between working-class Brunson and the upper-crust Lake City. Liam Astor is the boy everyone knows. Everyone knows he's the son of the CEO of Astor Investments Group. Everyone knows he only skates with his partner. Everyone knows his favorite hobby is turning heads and slacking jaws. And everyone knows he had a summer fling with another boy when he went away before senior year. Eli Blake is the boy who's lost too much to throw his goals all away for distractions. He has a plan to make it out of Brunson, and it involves throwing himself at his chances of a pro career with the NHL. No college, no grades, no detours except whatever he strictly has to do to get by and make it to his ultimate goal. Eli is a mystery to Liam. And Liam is too enticing for Eli to be able to resist. Maybe the boy everybody knows has a secret side to him as well. And maybe, the boy who can't afford distractions could use one after all.

Ben never expected to cry with a stranger on a late-night train, but heartbreak does strange things to people. The next morning, he wakes up beside someone who seems like the last person he'd ever click with - the "straight" football player. Reeling from the fallout of a toxic relationship, Ben is struggling to find his footing-and his voice. As he dives into preparing for the provincial art competition, he's forced to confront the emotions he's spent years burying. Between navigating his ex's shadow and creating a piece that truly reflects who he is, Ben begins to realize that art is about more than just perfection-it's about honesty. And then there's the new guy. His unexpected partner in art, whose easy laughter and unfiltered energy challenge Ben in ways he never imagined. As their worlds collide on the canvas and off, Ben has to decide if he's ready to risk opening his heart again-for himself, and maybe for someone new. Honest, tender, and brimming with hope, this is a story about finding your own colours in a world that's too often black and white.

Study. Avoid the ex her parents want her to date. Don't fall in love... with a man she's never met. Daisy: Online relationships don't work. Everyone knows that. So why can't she stop talking to this guy? He's a guy, right? He could be anyone. But it doesn't matter, she needs to buckle down and focus on her studies. And she needs to avoid her ex, which is easier said than done when both sets of parents want them to get together again. And she's not sure he's over her yet. This guy she met in a game is the last thing she needs, a distraction. But every time he messages her, her heart skips a little. He makes her smile. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad to find out where he is. They might be on opposite sides of the country... Pan: She's here. At UNI. Pan goes on a mission to convince her to meet up. And hope she won't just see him as a brother, like women always do. He's persistent, and she finally agrees to get together for a coffee. She's convinced it'll ruin everything, but he can't go on knowing any woman he passes on campus could be her. When they finally meet, she turns out to be the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. But something's off. As soon as he mentioned he plays hockey, she withdraws. And he can't figure out why... Pucking Expectations is a steamy college hockey romance between the good girl and the even sweeter guy! Can they overcome the obstacles life puts in their path? (❤️18+ recommended❤️) Updates: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday.

(Boy x boy) And they were roommates... Vaughn Sokolov is an Olympic bound swimmer-diver. Swimming is the only thing that stops the past from drowning him. When he's forced to share an on-campus apartment with Evan Grimsley, the nerdy, neurotic, and socially awkward hockey goalie, he's less than pleased. Before Evan came into his life, Vaughn had everything. A clear view on his sexuality, a perfect (ish) girlfriend, and the role as future heir of the Sokolov Group empire. But while his asshole facade works deterring him in the beginning, Evan soon sees behind the masks and the fronts. He sees the good that even Vaughn can't. Evan is the only one Vaughn can't hide his demons from. The only one who stays. And for him, Vaughn is willing to risk everything. But no matter how hard far he runs, the demons will always be lurking.....

Hockey is all I have to keep my scholarship at Kingsley College. I can't afford any missteps. Yet, when Blake Vance takes the captaincy that should have been mine, steals the girl I've always dreamed of, and sets his sights on winning over my sister too, I lose my mind. And I risk losing everything. Blake is the king of the campus, an arrogant rich boy I've hated since day one. But a forced reconciliation program obliges us to do the unthinkable: spend entire days together and pretend to be friends in front of the coach. The harder I try to stay away from him, the more he breaks down my walls. And on the ice, you know, a single second of distraction can cost you your career.

At Aether Media Group, senior editor Andreas Nikolaou runs his newsroom on precision and distance. No one questions him. No one challenges him. Until Nikos Stavros does. The new junior writer doesn't flinch, doesn't back down, and doesn't disappear the way Andreas needs him to. What starts as friction builds into something neither man can name - or ignore. But office walls are glass, gossip travels fast, and when the scandal breaks, they're forced to choose. Career or each other. After office hours, nothing stays professional. ----- ORIGINAL

An Australian-Japanese teenager tries to survive a forced relocation to America, only to clash with her school's arrogant, soccer-captain elite-unaware that behind his sharp tongue lies a corporate cage mirroring her own shattered world.

"There's a black box on the marble drawer with a note on it. I pick it up and read it. "A new lingerie set, for you. I'm sorry I looked at you without your permission earlier. -Axel" I feel my heart flutter as I read it. I open up the box and it's my favorite color in lingerie. How did he know?" Jasmine Grey, the ceo of grey dynasty. Her father left her when she was only in the womb. She lived on her life with no father figure, and empty hole in her heart she never fulfilled. Until she hit 20, she got the most shocking news. Her father Murphy Grey, died and left her with his company. She knew being young and owning a company was not going to be easy. But she sure did try. But what she didn't know was that her father, Murphy grey. Before he died he made arrangements with his best friend. That his son Axel Amell, will be partners with his daughter. Axel Amell took over his dad's company once his dad wanted to retire. Amell legacy, The daughter and the son must get along. Or like the dad wanted, for them to get married one day.

BOOK 1 Sixteen-year-old Milo lives by numbers-counting steps, breaths, patterns-anything that keeps the world steady. With Sadie and Liam by his side, he almost has things under control. But when a new chemistry partner slowly pulls him out of his routines and into something warmer, Milo begins to learn that some things can't be counted or predicted. Some things... you just feel.

Victoria 'Ria' Winters is the youngest out of all her quadruplet sisters; the one with the dark humor and haunting past. That's why she worked so hard for scholarships abroad to get as far away as possible. All her sisters had their own challenges, but nothing compared to Ria's past. When a traumatic event when she was 11 repeated itself when she was a freshman in college, it nearly destroyed her like the 1st time. She's learned from an early age to trust no one. Especially not men. After an assault by Vlad Wolves, the younger brother of the star hockey captain Nikolai Wolves, Ria was dragged through a brutal court case that nearly ended her. Vlad, a master manipulator and narcissist, turned the tables, leaving Ria to bear the blame and forcing her to transfer schools to escape the shame. Now, three years later, Ria has rebuild her life at one of the best universities in the world, focused solely on her studies and her future. But when Nik-who's always despised her for 'trying to ruin his family image for attention and money'-needs help to save his beloved place on the hockey team, he's forced to turn to the one person he hates most: Victoria. Nikolai had his own reasons to hate Ria. But when his powerful father, who has always had doubts about Vlad's innocence, insists that Ria tutors Nik in exchange for her fully funded graduate scholarship abroad, they're both trapped. Obviously, Ria hated that whole family for what happened freshman year in her former college. Especially Nikolai Wolves who testified against her, as if the moron had even been there when his younger brother assaulted her. Forced to work together Victoria and Nikolai's mutual hatred ignites into a battle of wills. There sessions are a minefield of cutting remarks, icy glares, and unresolved anger. But beneath the venom, there's undeniable tension-attraction. Beneath the anger and hurt, they begin to uncover the truth about each other-and about Vlad.