After a toxic relationship leaves Scarlett Graham's life at St. Anthony's in ruins, she transfers mid-semester to Briar University, hoping distance will help her forget everything she left behind. But with her dorm situation delayed, she ends up temporarily living in the one place guaranteed to destroy her sanity: the Briar hockey house. Which means living with her overprotective older brother, Garrett Graham, and his teammates. Including Dean Di Laurentis. Dean is exactly the kind of guy Scarlett promised herself she would stay away from. Cocky, charming, reckless, and completely incapable of taking anything seriously for more than five minutes. Garrett makes the rules very clear the second she moves in. Hands off his sister. And Dean fully intends to follow that rule. At least until he accidentally walks into Garrett's room and finds Scarlett changing. After that, staying away from her becomes a whole lot harder than he expected. Especially when Scarlett starts slipping past his defenses just as fast as he's slipping past hers. Now Dean can't stop noticing the little things. The way she hides inside oversized sweatshirts. The way she apologizes for everything. The way her smiles never quite reach her eyes anymore. And Scarlett can't stop noticing that beneath Dean's player reputation is someone far more dangerous than she expected: a man who makes her feel safe enough to let her guard down. But secrets have a way of following you. And when Scarlett's past finally catches up with her, Dean has to decide how far he's willing to go for the girl he was never supposed to touch in the first place. Dean Di Laurentis x Scarlett Graham Brother's Best Friend Forced Proximity Hockey Romance Dual POV

Delaney Von has always been the perfect girl. Perfect grades, perfect smile, perfect relationship. She's the kind of person everyone on campus envies - the girl who always looks put together, no matter what. Which is exactly why no one notices what's really happening behind closed doors. Not the way she pulls her sleeves over bruises. Not the way she apologizes for things that aren't her fault. Not the way she's slowly disappearing inside a relationship that's breaking her apart. Dean Di Laurentis never expected to look twice at the girl who seemed to have everything, and Garrett Graham definitely never expected to become the person she called when things got bad. But the more time Delaney spends around the hockey house, the harder it becomes to hide the truth. Because perfection is easy to fake, until someone finally starts paying attention.

"Darlin', speak to me but don't you say a word Light a cigarette, I'll watch it as it burns Remember tellin' me that you thought you were cursed? I'm in love with every song you've ever heard" frank langdon x fem oc