Eleanora I had one goal: keep my head down, get good grades, and secure my future. It was all going to plan, and I would finally be free from them. But then he came along and ruined everything. He gave me safety, and hope, and, most of all, he had my back when no one else did. Lorenzo It was my 5th and last year. It was supposed to be a quick year where I focused on overtaking my family's company. I had to be focused now more than ever. And then I saw her. Dark curls tumbling over slender shoulders, determination coating her posture, she stumbled into my life and I wasn't letting go of her any time soon.

Merlia Johnson. A sixteen year old girl who grew up in a hockey family. Her dad is a hockey coach. Her brother Alexander is in the NHL. Lia's dad was always focused on Alex getting into the NHL that Lia was never properly taught how to skate. So she plays lacrosse instead. Jake Reed. Superstar hockey player in coaches eyes. Is top line and leader of his team. Super hot but secretly is not Lia's favorite person. Colton Davis. Also superstar hockey player, top line and leader of his team. Jake's biggest enemy. Jake and Colton co-lead their almost undefeated hockey team with a lot of bad blood between them. And eventually in the middle of it all, Lia.

When Ashley Jones learns that her ex-boyfriend is dating her ex-best friend, her hopes for a fresh start in college come crashing down. The payback? Making a fake dating deal with the beloved defenseman of Wellsfield Eagles, Kris Argent, to get revenge. Standalone in the Wellsfield University Series *** Ashley Jones is eager to put the past behind and start afresh at Wellsfield University. However, when she sees her ex-boyfriend kissing her ex-best-friend at a party, her hopes are dampened. Betrayed, hurt, and cornered by the two worst people from her past life, she strikes a fake dating deal with Kris Argent, Wellsfield Eagles' beloved defenseman, to keep up appearances and get revenge. After all, Kris has his own difficult ex and prying hockey teammates he's trying to get away from. But as Kris and Ashley spend more time together, fake starts to feel a little too real and emotions run high. Soon, Ashley faces a bigger dilemma than before. Can she get her happily ever after with Kris, who has given up on love? Or will she be heartbroken all over again?

When Evelyn and her long-term enemy, star hockey captain Atlas, are forced to work together on a university media project, sparks fly as resisting their attraction becomes a far bigger challenge than their opposing opinions. Standalone in the Wellsfield University Series ***** Evelyn Hayes has hated Atlas Griffin, the golden boy of their university hockey team, since their very first conversation three years ago. To Evelyn, he's the womanizing, arrogant epitome of rich privilege and everything she despises. So when a university-funded media project for the hockey team throws her into Atlas' orbit, she fully expects them to be at each other's throats. What she doesn't expect is for the snarky comments and daring glares to turn into sparks of undeniable attraction. With Atlas' sights set on the NHL and Evelyn desperate to keep the media lead position she's worked so hard for, neither is interested in anything complicated. Soon, a heated one-night stand leads to an enemies-with-benefits hookup pact. But is either ready to face the consequences when the lines blur and strings start to get attached?

Cameron Azrael, 5'9 dark brunette hair and green eyes. Majoring in political science and a figure skater at Michigan University and working for everything she's wanted, during her senior year her uncle the coach of the hockey team asks her if she would be able to help out the team with her friends by her side. Cameron is strong headed isn't scared to speak her mind and doesn't trust easy due to what has happened in her past. She's worked hard for everything her entire life and won't stop until she becomes a lawyer. Nate Pierce, 6'5 brunette hair and grey eyes. The captain of the hockey team and planning on playing in the NHL after graduation. But when Cameron shows up at his door step with her friends and boxes he is confused but he was soon reminded that they were moving in because they were going to help with the team. But he does not believe the team needs help. Nate went through a loss of someone he loved which made him the person he is today cold, not easy going and doesn't trust fast. But he's also the star hockey captain. Will they both continue to dislike each other or find safety in one another?

NOT EDITED YET Gracie Owen's a headstrong journalist major rooms with her childhood best friend JJ Anderson for junior year, little does she know she is also rooming with two other hockey players and one being Logan West the captain of MUNI's hockey team. Logan west a typical jock playboy never sticks to a girl, his rocky childhood doesn't help that either but with one look at Gracie, will she change his mind? What happens when between all the arguments they find friendship, but what if that friendship isn't enough for them? With obstacles in their way how are they going to survive junior year together. "Hi Gracie" "Hi Wessie" First book in the 'Winning Hearts' series BUT can be read as a standalone. 💘💘💘 #1 in hockey #1 in icehockey #1 in hockeyplayer #1 In offcampus #1 in roommates #2 in sports #8 in collegestories

When two rival hearts tangle themselves in one another, when push comes to shove and sacrifices have to be made, what will they choose? Lizzie Myers a Junior at Meadow ridge university is both beauty and brains. Being the hotshot of her campus she has lots of guys throwing themselves at her but she only has eyes on one thing and one thing only and that's completing her degree in biology, growing up with a poor family she prioritized her academics and now in college she still does. But when she meets the captain of the rival hockey team Luke Becket, her priorities change. Luke Beckett a incoming power force in the hockey world who wants to go sign with the Vancouver vipers to excel past his fathers footsteps but he has an obstacle in his path when he meets Lizzie Myers from his rival school. What happens when he tells her about his twisted past and she stays. When all is said and done opposites attract. Second book in the 'Winning hearts' series BUT can be read as a standalone! ༺♡༻ { Started: 4th February 2024 } { Finished: 30th April 2024 } #2 in offcampus #1 In studentathlete

*Book one of the Counting on Hockey series* To Meredith, watching hockey was torture. But her sister was a hockey player. She wanted nothing to do with hockey, even thinking about it made her angry. But she had her reasons. Starting 10th grade at a new school, meant hockey was everything there. The whole school was obsessed with hockey. The division 1 boys team is the best in the state. Forced to go to hockey games with her sister, and going to school with these hockey 'freaks' is going to be horrible. Or so she thought. But she meets Cole, center for the high school team. Hockey won't be the same for her. Or for him. *Some NHL players in this story are real players, others are made-up* Final edit: 3/10/2022