*COMING SOON* in which, they'll always have each other

it's easy to disappear in a crowded arena, it's harder when it's empty. when every missed shot echoes, and someone is still there to hear it.

She spends years looking for love everywhere except where it's waiting for her. In crowded train cars. Across dinner tables. In songs playing too loudly through cracked phone speakers. In the way her parents still reach for each other without thinking after thirty years. She watches it bloom, break apart, disappear, return again. Quietly collecting evidence that real love exists. Then she meets Luke Hughes. At first, it's nothing dramatic. Just late-night drives after games, shared coffees gone cold during study sessions, and conversations that somehow last until sunrise. But somewhere between missed calls, winters apart, and all the tiny moments nobody writes songs about, Luke becomes woven into the fabric of her life so gradually she hardly notices it happening. Each chapter traces a different glimpse of love: messy, fleeting, devastating, ordinary. And as the years pass, she begins to realize the thing she's been searching for her whole life may have been growing inside her all along.

lena morales keeps her head down, working as a locker room assistant for the san jose sharks to help her struggling family. invisible among NHL stars, she only opens up to a few trusted players--collin graf, michael misa, sam dickinson, and will smith-until macklin celebrini, the confident star who hasn't noticed her, begins crossing her path. quiet glances and accidental encounters slowly shift the space between them, forcing lena to navigate her responsibilities, friendships, and a connection that could change everything.

BOOK 2 of the San Jose Series :) Harper Bennett spent most of her life believing that if she prayed hard enough, eventually everything would make sense. Growing up Catholic while coming to terms with being bisexual taught her that faith could be both a comfort and a source of questions she didn't know how to answer. So when an opportunity brings her across the country to work for the San Jose Sharks, Harper sees it as a chance to start over-and maybe figure out who she is along the way. Then there's Will Smith. He's funny, kind, frustratingly charming, and far too good at seeing through the walls Harper has spent years building. Will knows better than to cross the line between friendship and something more. Harper knows better than to let anyone get close enough to hurt her. So they wait. And wait. And somewhere between late nights, hockey games, whispered prayers, unexpected friendship, and all the moments they pretend don't mean anything, something begins to change. Because sometimes love doesn't arrive all at once. Sometimes it's the person quietly praying for you when you don't even know you need it. And sometimes the hardest part isn't falling in love. It's letting someone in. 🏒 Tropes / themes Slow Burn • Friends to Lovers • Hockey Romance • Forced Proximity-ish • He Falls First • Mutual Pining • Catholic x Catholic • Found Family • Faith & Identity • Bisexual Representation • Secret Prayers • Emotional Romance

Smut/spicy At nineteen, she leaves home with two suitcases, a place at a San Jose engineering program, and one promise to herself: never depend on anyone. Raised by emotionally neglectful parents, she's learned that getting close only leads to disappointment. Falling in love was never part of the plan. Then she meets Macklin Celebrini. The rising NHL star is everything she isn't expecting-kind, patient, and impossible to ignore. What begins as an unlikely friendship grows through late-night conversations, campus coffee runs, hockey games, and quiet moments that slowly become the best part of their days. For Macklin, falling is effortless. For her, every heartbeat feels like a risk. As feelings deepen, she's forced to confront the walls she's spent a lifetime building, while Macklin must decide whether love is worth waiting for. 71 Ways to Score is a slow-burn hockey romance about healing old wounds, finding home in unexpected places, and discovering that the hardest hearts are sometimes the ones most deserving of love.

Audrey has a problem. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed, handsome... charming...hockey player problem. Will says he wants to keep it casual, but every time he's near her, his actions betray him. She can't figure him out... or what they are. And he won't let her. Winning is everything to Will...on the ice, in the spotlight, in life...and love doesn't fit into his game plan. But neither does Audrey. Every moment, every heated argument, every soft touch, and shared haze between them pulls them closer, even as their past and their doubts threaten to push them apart. Audrey knows she can't ignore the fire between them, but trusting him not to hurt her might be the hardest game she's ever played. Does she walk away, or risk it all for a chance at the love she's been chasing...without knowing if he's ready to commit?

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.

Parker Heyes has spent her whole life proving she belongs on the ice. At nineteen, the spunky brunette from Victoria, British Columbia is already making waves with Team Canada and the Toronto Sceptres in the PWHL. She's talented, loud when she's comfortable, terrible at talking about herself in interviews, and somehow always one bad decision away from chaos. Macklin Celebrini is Canada's golden hockey star - focused, disciplined, and already carrying the weight of the entire hockey world on his shoulders. Off the ice, though? He and Parker are practically the same person: competitive, sarcastic, stubborn, and incapable of backing down from an argument. After both Team Canada squads strike gold, Vegas seems like the perfect place to celebrate. One night out turns into too many drinks, terrible ideas, and a wedding neither of them remembers until they wake up wearing matching rings and trending all over social media. An accidental Vegas marriage is bad enough. An accidental Vegas marriage between two nineteen-year-old hockey stars? Career-ending PR nightmare. With both their agents demanding they "fix this" before the media tears them apart, Parker and Macklin are forced into damage control - fake smiles, shared appearances, and pretending their marriage might actually work long enough to avoid a scandal. The only problem? The more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to remember this relationship was supposed to be temporary. number 1 in #friends june 3rd 26 Started: may 11th, 2026 Finished: june 14th, 2026 final word count: 102,957

Katy Jameson and Macklin Celebrini were inseparable in college-until the pressure of growing careers and uncertain futures tore them apart. She left for her dream job. He left for the NHL. Neither looked back. Five years later, an unexpected reunion interview brings them face-to-face in front of cameras, audiences, and every unspoken word they thought they'd buried. What begins as a media stunt quickly unravels into something deeper, messier, and painfully real.