Victoria Kennedy has the rest of her life planned out to almost the minute. The same routine every week until she absolutely has to change it. Work her ass off at 4 different jobs through the week, party away Friday night with another guy and whatever the hell she wants with the rest of her time. The same routine she's had for close to a year and with no intention of that changing, Tori is perfectly happy. Until one flirty underground ride from King's Cross leaves her entwined with Asher Casswell. But if you don't believe in fate, is there really any stupid red thread tying you together? ~ 'You just pulled at one string and it all unraveled.' ~

Sugar's addicting. So is she. Graham Davis has two addictions: Hockey-and Gracie Daniels. (Not that he knows it yet.) At St. Brown University, Gracie Daniels is the golden girl. Blonde ponytail, perfect smile, always saying yes. So when she's asked to manage PR for the hockey team, she agrees-hoping to help thaw their notoriously icy captain. But Graham Davis doesn't melt. He's distant, guarded, and doesn't need help from a pink-sweater-wearing perfectionist... until he starts noticing things he shouldn't. Skipped meals. Covered bruises. Flinches too small to be accidental. Gracie is sweet, bright, and hiding more than anyone knows. And Graham can't stop looking.

𝑨 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝑴𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒂 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 ──────────────────── "𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧." "𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵." "𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘥𝘰....𝘪𝘵'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴." "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵." "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢." ──────────────────── 𝙍𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙄𝙧𝙖 𝙀𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮𝙣 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯....𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆. 𝑯𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒈𝒐. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦? 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒖𝒔

❝"𝐒𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞," 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐬, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫. "𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞."❞ ꨄꨄꨄ "You're trouble," I whisper against his mouth. A quiet laugh rumbles out of him. "And you're addicted to trouble." "I am not addicted to you." "Yeah?" he murmurs, eyes dragging slowly over my face. "Then why do you shake every time I touch you?" ꨄꨄꨄ Alec Donovan is the kind of boy you cross the street to avoid. Bruised knuckles, a temper no one can control, and eyes that don't just look at you-they warn you. People don't get close to him. And if they do, they don't leave without damage. I was never supposed to be one of them. My life is planned-perfect grades, a future in design, expectations I can't break. My father calls boys distractions, and Alec Donovan is the worst kind. I called him Angel once. As a joke. Because he showed up when he shouldn't have, ruined my night, saved my life-and looked like he regretted both. The nickname should have died right after that. It didn't. Not when he kisses me just to shut me up. Not when he punches the boy who touched me wrong. Not when he looks at me like I'm something worth keeping. He doesn't ask. He takes-my space, my control, the life I thought I had planned. And the worst part? I don't stop him. Because when everything starts falling apart, he's there. Watching. Waiting. Protecting me in ways he never admits. Alec Donovan isn't a mistake. He's a warning. And the truth is- I'm not scared of him ruining me. I'm scared of how much I want him too. ꨄꨄꨄ "𝘏𝘌 𝘐𝘚 𝘔𝘠 𝘈𝘕𝘎𝘌𝘓... 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘭."

"Who are you?" He blinks but doesn't hesitate to answer. "Alexander.... Your husband." My heart skips. "Husband? I'm Married?" ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ ✦ "𝐀 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲." ✦ ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ ⋆. 𐙚˚࿔ My Husband 𝜗𝜚˚ I lazily open my eyes with a whimper. The basement. I'm in the basement. Im seated on a chair, my hands tied behind my back and my ankles tied against the chair legs. All because I tried to escape. Again. I start to sob quietly. I have no clue what he's going to do to me. The door infront of me opens and I flinch. He walks in. A monster. A devil. A psychopath. 𝗠𝘆 𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱. ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡ Evelyn wakes up from a coma with no memory of the past 2 years. Suddenly, she is married, has a husband, and lives in a fancy mansion. Evelyn tells herself she will attempt to remember everything but is it as simple as it seems?? ♡♡♡ Alexander is obsessed with Evelyn and keeps her all to himself. But when things don't go as planned and she looses her memory, he takes this as an opportunity to manipulate Evelyn. Alexander makes it his mission to prevent Evelyn from remembering the past. ♡♡♡ Nikolai doesn't like Alexander but has no choice but to work with him. He randomly bumps into Evelyn one day and instantly takes a liking towards her. Regardless of knowing she's Alexanders wife, he still can't seem to stay away from her. ♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡~♡

All Sophia ever wanted was for Ashton Maverick to notice her. But he was best friends with her older brother, Patrick, and a hockey star. There was no chance in Hell he'd be interested in her. But when Sophie moves back home for the summer and runs into Ashton for the first time in two years, things start to change. Between stolen glances and secret hookups, they begin to fall deeper in love with each other. But Sophie has something bigger to worry about than her big brother finding out about their secret relationship. Find out more in Hockey Baby by Ariel Hughes 🏒

Emerson Montgomery has spent three years at North Ridge University doing exactly what she's supposed to do. Keep her grades up. Stay out of drama. Ignore the whispers that she's too quiet, too serious, too much. As a journalism student, she'd rather be behind a laptop than in the spotlight. The last thing she wants is to be associated with Dylan Callahan-the cocky captain of the university hockey team who seems to have the entire campus wrapped around his finger. Dylan Callahan has everything. The captaincy. The popularity. The future professional hockey career. And until recently, the perfect girlfriend. When Brooklyn Scott suddenly ends their two-year relationship, Dylan is determined to prove he's moved on. The problem? Brooklyn doesn't seem affected at all. Desperate and frustrated, Dylan offers Emerson a deal. Fake date him for one semester. Attend a few games. Post a few pictures. Make Brooklyn jealous. That's it. But pretending to be in love turns out to be a lot harder than either of them expected. Because somewhere between crowded hockey arenas, late-night study sessions, and learning the truth about each other, Dylan starts falling for the one girl who never cared about his reputation. And Emerson starts seeing the boy behind the captain's title. The only problem? Their relationship was built on a lie. And when the truth comes out, they might lose the one thing that was never supposed to be real. In a game full of penalties, falling in love might be the biggest one of all.

Sterling Carter's life is built on control-perfect grades, perfect form, perfect trajectory straight to the Olympic volleyball team. At twenty-two, she's the star outside hitter at the University of Michigan and top of her class in dentistry, the golden product of an old-money family that only loves success. One game, one bad landing, and one opponent's foot hidden under the net is all it takes to blow it apart. With a torn ACL and PCL and a nine-to-twelve-month recovery, Sterling's dream is suddenly on life support. The scouts stop calling. Her parents pull away. For the first time in her life, there's no plan she can grind her way through, no version of "try harder" that will fix what's broken. Enter Maddox King-twenty-four, captain of Michigan's D1 hockey team, human freight train on the ice, and soft-hearted menace off it. He has everything Sterling doesn't: a loud, loving family, a stupidly loyal group of friends, and the unshakable belief that people are worth more than what they can do. When a twist of timing and one overinvested best friend pull Sterling into Maddox's orbit, he becomes the one person who refuses to treat her like she's ruined. As the season she was supposed to dominate turns into a year on the sideline, Sterling has to learn how to exist without the one thing that's always defined her-and decide whether letting Maddox in is one more risky play she can't afford... or the first choice she makes entirely for herself. Book #1 in the 'Carter' series

Four years ago, Juliette Bennett walked away from Mason Brooks, the golden boy of college hockey and the only person she ever truly let in, and never looked back. She rebuilt her life in silence, burying heartbreak under long nights, hospital shifts, and the one secret she swore would never see the light again: her daughter, Maisey. Mason Brooks has spent years becoming everything he was supposed to be, star forward, team leader, the future of professional hockey, without knowing the biggest piece of his life was already missing. When fate drags Juliette back into his world, the past doesn't stay buried for long. Old sparks don't just flicker, they ignite. And the truth doesn't just hurt... it changes everything. Now there's a four-year-old girl with Mason's eyes, a love that never really died, and a history built on a misunderstanding neither of them knew they were living in. Juliette wants to protect the life she fought so hard to build. Mason refuses to walk away from the one thing he never knew he had. And when a daughter becomes the center of everything between them, one question remains- Do you forgive the past... or does it destroy the future you never got to live?

Never in a million years did I think I would cross paths with him again. Michael Woods. The boy who broke my heart. The boy who picked hockey over me. The boy who left me behind. After giving three years of my life to him, it was all over after his college graduation. He went his way and I went mine. But I never imagined landing a job at his agency when I moved to Boston four years later, let alone as his assistant. A job that's meant for me to service him, do as he asks, and give him all smiles. So, I play the part. I play the nice, kind, sweet assistant in public and ignore him like my life depends on it in private. The thought of getting close to him again terrifies me because I know. I know that once I let him again, I'll never be able to let him out. And if I do, it'll be at the cost of my heart, and this time he'll leave it broken beyond repair. I used to think he was forever mine. But hockey changed everything. What would he do now if he had to make that choice? Me? Or hockey? Or both? . . . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TRIGGER WARNING: Mention of death by accident and depression