Evan Carter is Briarwood University's star quarterback, the guy all the girls want, and the one who never lets anyone see him lose control. That is until junior year, when a housing mistake puts Alex Matthews in his dorm room. She isn't impressed by his reputation and certainly doesn't let people in easily. When forced proximity becomes late-night conversations and feelings that neither of them saw coming; Evan quickly realizes that protecting her isn't a choice, it's instinct. But loving Alex means understanding the fears she never says out loud. And for the first time in his life, Evan Carter isn't fighting to win a game. He's fighting to prove that some people stay. A parallel version to The Wrong Room, told entirely from Evan's perspective. Whether you're returning to Alex and Evan's story or meeting them for the first time, this can be read as an expansion and/or stand entirely on its own. *ADDITIONAL BACKSTORY, BONUS SCENES and/or EXPANDED CANON FOR TWR. More from The Wrong Room universe: - The Wrong Room *completed - The Wrong Room: Senior Year *on-going

Claire Rosewell swore off hockey players. Especially since Blake Wolfe. He was her secret. Her downfall. The one thing she never told anyone about. So when she becomes the new physical therapist for the Wildcats, she expects professionalism. Distance. Control. Now every injury, every treatment room session, every late-night "check-up" forces her back into orbit with the man she was never supposed to touch again. But Blake doesn't look like he regrets her. And Claire is starting to remember exactly why she broke her own rules in the first place. --- Blake Wolfe didn't expect her to walk back into his life--especially not like this. From the moment she walked into the training room she acted like she didn't remember him. But Blake remembered. He remembered too much. Now she was right there again-close enough to talk to, close enough to touch, close enough to make every careful thing he'd built around the past start to crack. And he was determined to make things right this time around.

He's the NHL's most disciplined defenseman. But when it comes to her, he's lost all control. - Sophie is just trying to survive a Chicago winter, a heavy course load, and a part-time job at a coffee shop. She's used to being invisible, until one snowy night, a massive stranger steps out of the shadows to save her from a persistent threat. - Ronan is known as "The Anchor" on the ice-quiet, immovable, and lethal. The moment he lays eyes on the soft, guarded barista, his world stops. He doesn't just want to date her; he needs to own the air she breathes. To Sophie, Ronan is a dream come true-a charming, protective protector who makes her feel safe for the first time in years. She doesn't know that his "accidental" appearances aren't coincidences. She doesn't know that while she sleeps, he's watching her through a digital tether she didn't know she signed up for. In Ronan's world, there are no accidents, only game plans. And his plan is simple: Keep her safe. Keep her close. Keep her forever. This is a Dark Hockey Romance featuring a quietly obsessive MMC, a "Little Mouse" FMC, and a love so consuming, it blurs the line between protection and possession.

When world class tennis player Flynn Cooper's injury puts his future on the line, the last woman he expects to save his career is Sky Hart, the ex who married his rival. Working together again means facing everything they lost...and everything they still want. *** Physiotherapist Sky Hart knows better than to let the past interfere with her work-until her newest patient makes that impossible. Flynn Cooper is now one of the world's top tennis players. He's also the ex she never got over, the boy she loved, the man she lost, and the one person she never expected to see again after she shattered his heart by marrying his rival. Their reunion reignites everything: the tension, the electric chemistry, and the unthinkable hurt they buried years ago. Every session feels like a collision with a past neither of them has truly moved on from. With Flynn's comeback resting in Sky's hands, staying professional is the one rule they can't afford to break. But love doesn't follow the rules, and this time, the real match isn't on the court-it's against their own hearts.

Allison Rose Grant. Ally, Baby, Princess, depending on who's speaking, has lived her entire life inside a glass dollhouse. The only child of one of the wealthiest families, she was raised to be perfect in every way: flawless ballerina, flawless student, flawless daughter. But behind the bows and sundresses, only her cousin Ada knows how cracked she really is. She was on the brink of her dream, set to dance the lead in Giselle. Then came the phone call that shattered everything. Her parents never made it home from their long-overdue honeymoon. With them went her stage, her spotlight, her future. Now she plays the role of the flawless girl because it's all she's ever known, her parents' plans for her still echoing like shackles, an arranged life with someone equally polished, equally perfect. Two years later, she can't bring herself to want anymore. And then he comes crashing in. Reagan Diamant Hunter. Biker king. Leather, tattoos, piercings, the exact kind of man her parents warned her about. The kind of man who lived by his own rules. Take what you want, give nothing back, and never, ever let anyone close enough to touch him. She was sundresses, bows, and polite smiles. He was asphalt, tattoo, steel, whiskey, and danger. Exactly the kind of man her parents warned her about. But storms don't ask permission before they wreck you. And Reagan Diamant Hunter isn't just tearing Ali's perfect little world apart, he's rebuilding her from the ashes, piece by piece, until she belongs to him. Or maybe it's Allison who rewrites his whole life.

The worst thing about falling for your enemy isn't the rivalry. It's realizing he may have never been your enemy at all. Everyone in Dawston University knows two things. Evangeline Winslow Abberweitch is untouchable. Dawston's golden girl in a lab coat, a future scientist with a sharp tongue, and the kind of girl everyone wants to befriend-except for the one ice-cold hockey captain who seems determined to stay in her orbit. Keeve Malachi Kavanagh doesn't touch anyone. Ruthless, blue-eyed captain of Dawston's hockey team, as cold as the ice he rules, and Angie's sworn enemy. They've hated each other for years. He calls her Princess just to watch her snap. She calls him an arse because it's easier than wondering why he never leaves her alone. But one desperate phone call changes everything. When no one else answers, he's the one who picks up. Suddenly, the line between love and hate begins to blur. The sparks between ice and fire threaten to burn down more than either of them is prepared for. Maybe the greatest rivalry at Dawston was never a rivalry at all.

Mia Cherie X Aaron Valentino I gasp into his mouth, my hands fisting in his soaked shirt, pulling him closer, needing him closer and needing to feel every inch of him against me. His tongue sweeps into my mouth, and I moan, my knees going weak. But he doesn't let me fall. His arms wrap around my waist, holding me up, grounding me, anchoring me to him. The rain pours down around us, but all I feel is heat, his body pressed against mine and his hands in my hair, on my back, everywhere. When he finally pulls back, we're both panting, our foreheads pressed together. "You're mine" he murmurs, his voice rough and possessive. "Say it." "I'm yours" I whisper. "Say it again." "I'm yours, Aaron." Tropes: Badboy x Goodgirl Rich mmc x scholarship student fmc Kill anyone who touches her (literally) 👀 HEA

[18+] When a broke, no-nonsense New Yorker, Georgia Whittaker, catches the attention of a golden-boy billionaire, Aiden Ashford, she's forced to choose between keeping her distance or risking everything for a man from a world that was never meant to let a girl like her in. There are a billion reasons why it shouldn't work but sometimes, all it takes is one.

Alice Rhodes's got a problem. Two problems, actually. One, she's starting to find it difficult to differentiate water from a decent bottle of tequila, and two, she needs a boyfriend. Fast. The latter wouldn't be a problem at all if only she could keep her dates around for more than a week. It was a disaster how fast boys kept dumping her just because...well, she didn't really understand why. Attachments were scary, especially when they were mostly always unrequited. And as long as she kept them a kiss away, they wouldn't tear her apart, would they? But then the universe, in its cruelest of ways, sends her stumbling into the path of Ryder Octavio McQuillan, and every single thing about him sets her off balance. He's everything Alice doesn't need in her quiet life. Because Ryder carries secrets--dangerous secrets--that only seem to breathe trouble. Alice desperately needs to stay away, but what if the only thing that can save her is the danger that's knocking on the door? . . . . . Text copyright © Crystal7016 ™ 2022

*COMPLETED* Zara Ashford is very straight to the point. She likes the color blue, r&b music and people who don't waste her time. Known for her attitude, she's the town's most popular girl. Or at least she was...before she left for two years. Now she's back, and despite what you might think, she's not the same little girl she was back then. Her tongue grew even sharper somehow. As for Killian Blackwood, he's 'still at the restaurant'. He's popular and he's rich, but it's that charm that has everybody crazy for him. His eyes though, they've been set on a certain girl forever. Some say they were childhood enemies. But he was just a boy trying to get a pretty girl's attention. - • - • - • - • - • - • - • #1 IN ENEMIES #1 IN POPULAR #2 IN LOVERS #2 IN SARCASM #3 IN BADGIRL