When an incident becomes the first meet.

When a bubbly track star meets a grumpy Dutch baller... A college sports romance between two polar opposites.

She had spent years building a life for herself, steady and carefully controlled. As an architecture student in Birmingham, she understood how to create structures that could withstand pressure. What she never learned was how to protect herself from the things that couldn't be planned. He lived in London, successful, disciplined, and emotionally guarded. He trusted logic more than feelings and certainty more than vulnerability. Keeping people at a distance had always felt safer than letting them close enough to matter. They had known each other since childhood, though never in any meaningful way. For her, he had always been someone she noticed from afar, someone she cared about without expecting anything in return. For him, she was simply a familiar face from a distant past. Then grief changed everything. A loss neither of them was prepared for forced their lives together and left them trapped in a marriage neither had chosen. What should have been a beginning instead felt like an aftermath, built on obligation, expectations, and the weight of everything they had lost. Now they are two strangers sharing a life they never asked for. Between them is silence, unresolved emotions, and a history that feels both too distant and too close. They carry their grief differently, but it follows them into every conversation and every moment. At its heart, this is a story about two people learning how to exist beside one another when neither wants to be vulnerable. About the loneliness of loving someone who doesn't know it, and the fear of caring for someone when it feels too late. Most of all, it asks whether something born from heartbreak and obligation can grow into something genuine, or whether some foundations are too fractured to ever truly hold.

When a suburban Black girl meets a hard life Hispanic boy.

Bella Moore has spent her life running away from hockey. Growing up in a family obsessed with the sport, she watched her father, coach of the Boston Bruins, devote himself entirely to her brother Antony's career, while she disappeared into the background. Now 26, she is a therapist who helps teenagers overcome addiction. All she wants is a quie and simple life far away from hockey. Lucas Moreau is everything Bella is not. He is the NHL's most famous bad boy, a French Canadian enforcer for the Montreal Canadiens. Charismatic, arrogant, and unapologetically aggressive, Lucas loves to dominate, attract attention, and break hearts. When their worlds collide, the rivalry between Boston and Montreal isn't the only source of tension.

Imani gets a job at monarch Estates There she meets her boss, James. Imani falls for him at first sight James is attracted to her as well But there is a problem James is married and is expecting a child What will happen? Will James and Imani end up together? Read to find out

Lyric Brown is a Bronx-born hurricane-part bartender, part artist, all heart. In LA, she craves more than survival; she wants to feel alive. Vanilla, acrylic paint, and stubborn hope cling to her skin like second nature. She doesn't follow rules, and she definitely doesn't follow men. But Diego Romierz isn't just any man. Diego lives in shadows-quiet power wrapped in Cuban silk and cold smoke. He built his empire on secrets and fists, never letting anyone close enough to see the scars underneath. Lyric was supposed to be a distraction. A risk he could control. One night, one broken rule, and a missed period later, they're both pulled into something neither of them knows how to hold. Love. Trust. A heartbeat on a screen. And for two people who've only ever known how to fight, family might be the hardest battle yet.

Enzo Costa, of the Italian Mafia, is danger wrapped in charm and a perfect smile. Eirene Vlahos, the Greek princess, doesn't believe in mafia fairy tales. She believes in contracts. Control. And men who ruin women's lives for power. So what happens when they're forced into an arranged marriage neither of them want? |Book #2 Costa Men Mafia Series| Trigger warning: This story contains sexual content and mature themes. Reader discretion is advised.