"If you feel it too... then maybe we were never just friends." Luke Hughes has never come home without Bailey Parker waiting. Michigan summers were always the same. Luke, Jack, and Quinn flying back the moment the season ended. Lake days. Late nights. Inside jokes that never faded. And Bailey-his childhood best friend-right there in the middle of it all, like she belonged. Because she did. Bailey has always been his. Not in the romantic way. Not in the way that complicates things. Just... his best friend. His constant. His safe place. But this summer? This summer is different. Luke is older. The NHL is real. And Bailey isn't just the girl who knows him better than anyone anymore-she's the girl he looks at and has to look away from. The girl whose laugh lingers. The girl he's not supposed to fall for. They don't talk about it. They can't. Because one confession could ruin everything they've built since childhood. Because loving each other means risking the one thing they've never lost. And yet, every stolen glance, every late-night conversation, every almost-touch asks the same dangerous question: What if staying silent hurts more than telling the truth?

ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴀ ɢʟᴏʙᴀʟ ᴘᴏᴘꜱᴛᴀʀ ꜱᴇɴꜱᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴀ ꜱᴀɴ ᴊᴏꜱᴇ ꜱʜᴀʀᴋꜱ ʜᴏᴄᴋᴇʏ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ᴏꜰ ꜰʀɪᴇɴᴅꜱ ᴀꜱ ᴀ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏᴜʀ. ᴏʀ ɪɴ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴀ ʀɪꜱɪɴɢ ɴʜʟ ꜱᴇɴꜱᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɢᴏᴇꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ɪɴ ꜱᴀɴ ᴊᴏꜱᴇ ᴀꜰᴛᴇʀ ꜱᴄᴏʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ɢᴀᴍᴇ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ.

Macklin Celebrini returns for an off-season with the Hughes family, planning to focus solely on training. But his routine gets complicated when he sees Lottie Cooper. Macklin's trying to stay disciplined. Lottie's trying not to embarrass herself. But with shared glances in the kitchen, awkward lake day interactions, and one ill-timed birthday party kiss they might not stand a chance.

"I've been the archer. I've been the prey. Who could ever leave me, darling? But who could stay?" You said goodbye to Luke Hughes once before-when love felt like a battlefield and staying meant being seen too deeply. You walked away from him, from Michigan, from the only place that ever felt like home. But now you're back. Older. Guarded. Still haunted by the memories of what you had-and what you destroyed. As the new Assistant PR Coordinator for the New Jersey Devils, you expected awkward silences, polite small talk, and distance. What you didn't expect was Luke still looking at you like you hung the stars above the rink. Or how your heart would still leap at the sound of his laugh. He's everything you remember and more-an NHL star with the same soft eyes and unwavering kindness. And you? You're the girl who never learned how to stay. The girl who keeps a box of letters she never gave him. The girl who ruins good things before they have the chance to break her. But Luke? Luke has always stayed. And maybe, just maybe, this time... you'll learn how to stay too.

"𝕀 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕞𝕖𝕖𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦" 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐫 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 𝟛 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕖 ℍ𝕠𝕔𝕜𝕣𝕪 𝔼𝕣𝕒𝕤 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕤

Esmeralda is in Toronto for a semester abroad. She meets Auston Matthews, will he be a fling or will she actually fall in love with him? Completed March 8, 2017 ✓

𝙇𝙪𝙠𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙨 𝙄𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨! 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚'𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙞𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧.

Logan Gretzky, the daughter of the greatest hockey player of all time. Feeling forgotten by her father who's obsessed with hockey, she vows to never get romantically involved with any hockey player. But when Luke Hughes comes along, can she really help herself?

sara was tasked with showing the new flyer around the arena for the first time but in that moment her life changed forever. sara starts to feel like lara jean covey when her and jamie start fake dating to get back at her ex. but soon she actually falls for him. but jamie could never like her back. right? "we really were timeless"