MARLEY MARLEAU has never been dealt the best hand. She's never known her father, and when her mother dies, Marley is left with nowhere to go and no one to turn to...until her uncle, Patrick Marleau, offers her a place to stay in his guesthouse. It sounds like the perfect fresh start. There's just one problem: she isn't the only one living there. WILL SMITH is San Jose's newest and shiniest rookie, fresh out of Boston and determined to make a name for himself in the NHL. The last thing he needs is a roommate-especially one who is sad, stubborn, and completely capable of cockblocking every ounce of fun out of his life. Marley doesn't want a roommate. Will definitely doesn't want Marley. But living under the same roof has a funny way of blurring the lines between annoyance and attraction. And when the one person Will was supposed to stay away from starts becoming the one person he can't stay away from, their little guesthouse arrangement might turn into something neither of them saw coming.

he tasted like whiskey and bad decisions. she forgot his name before sunrise.

Stevie Callahan has spent her entire life chasing one dream: playing professional hockey. When she's drafted first overall by San Jose's brand-new PWHL expansion team, she and her lifelong best friend, Quinn Sloane, pack everything they own into a Honda Civic and drive across the country, ready to prove they belong. On the ice, Stevie and Quinn quickly become the league's favorite duo, dazzling fans with their chemistry and talent. Off the ice, they're chaotic, hilarious, and constantly finding themselves in trouble. But when the women's team begins sharing a rink with the NHL's San Jose Sharks, Stevie keeps crossing paths with Will Smith. What starts as chance encounters turns into an unexpected friendship-and before either of them realizes it, something more. Between demanding schedules, constant travel, and the pressure of living out the dreams they've fought so hard for, falling in love was never part of the plan. But sometimes the heart has a game plan all its own.

Maddie and her best friend Kate are having fun at a bar one night until Mack Celebrini and Will Smith come walking in. With a little bit of karaoke and conversation, the girls are at the next game. But the maddie's ex and kate's brother Connor Bernard end up being quite the hockey rivals for Mack. #willmack #hockey #romance

At Boston College, Bella thought she was just finding her place. She didn't realize she was also finding him. From the moment she met Gabriel Perreault, there was something there-something easy, something real. But after breaking things off, Gabe is determined to win Bella back. This is the story of how it all began... and how it was always meant to be.

── .✦ elizabeth rosewood is faced with an opportunity to escape her family's past, and start her own life in a small town in Maine. so naturally, she takes it. in doing so, this means she has to share a house with her best friend's brother, and professional hockey player will smith, whom she has never met before. although she believes they are just friends, will feels otherwise. will sharing a house with a wounded athlete make her walls go up more, or will they crumble in his presence? ✦. ── social media x real life nhl will smith x fem!oc

Gabriella (Gabby) Marlowe builds weddings for a living, but she's stopped believing in her own love story. So when NHL rookie Beckett Sennecke agrees to be her fake boyfriend for a weekend of family questions and wedding chaos, it feels simple enough. But one favor turns into two weddings, shifting roles, and a set of rules that stop feeling so clear. Because somewhere between slow dances and borrowed smiles, pretending starts to feel a lot like the real thing.

Was it ever really casual? Sophia Davis grew up with Will Smith, hanging around eachother always. Where she was there he was, always together. Being in love with your best friend isn't always the best thing in the world. For Sophia it was the worst. Even after being best friends for so long he let her slip away for another girl.

kylie and beckett are inseparable until life pulls them apart when he moves away. years later, their paths unexpectedly cross when they end up at the same college. old memories resurface, and kylie is left with a choice of forgiving or forgetting.

Kaylin and Will had a history, the kind where you look back and smile... and cry. But every chapter comes to an end and thats where she decided Will would stay. But when she returns to San Jose clean out her late grandmothers house, shes met with the old chapters of her life. Ones where she thought she had turned the page. She realizes sometimes its safer to re read good books than risk opening new ones. Every memory has an object. Every object has a story. Some stories were never meant to stay buried.