~libby toffoli has spent most of her life being watched. watched by doctors, teachers, nutritionists, and strangers trying to figure out why she never seems hungry. born with a rare condition that leaves her without the feeling of hunger, libby grew up in and out of hospitals and treatment centers while the rest of the world assumed they already understood her story. by eighteen, she's exhausted of being "the sick girl." so when she moves to san jose to live with her older brother, tyler toffoli, she decides this is her chance to start over. new city, new people, new life. no treatment center schedules. no school counselors watching her every move. just hockey, ocean air, and the freedom to finally figure out who she is outside of her illness. then she meets macklin celebrini. quietly intense, frustratingly observant, and impossible to ignore, mack sees through her faster than anyone ever has - and that terrifies her more than it should. because liking someone means letting them close enough to leave. and libby already knows how these stories end. but between late nights, growing feelings, and a future she's never allowed herself to imagine, libby starts to wonder if surviving is the same thing as living. and for the first time in her life, she might actually want more.

Quinn Taylor has made a career out of looking calm. On the ice, she's America's favorite kind of pressure-proof-bright smile, steady answers, the skater everyone wants to root for. Off the ice, she's an only child with a perfectionist's brain and a habit of carrying too much alone. The cameras love her. The country expects her. And the one place she can't afford to fall apart is the one place she's dreamed of since she was little. The Olympics. Macklin Celebrini has always made things feel lighter. He was the new kid at a Northern California rink at twelve-Canadian, polite, a little lost-until Quinn decided he was hers to keep. He became her best friend in the cold air and early mornings, the person who could make her laugh mid-breakdown and never ask her to perform for him. Then life did what life does: seasons changed, schedules got brutal, distance widened, and the kind of friendship that felt unbreakable turned into occasional texts and quiet missing. Now they're both back where the world is loudest. At the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, Quinn is chasing the skate of her life for Team USA. Mack is carrying his own weight for Team Canada hockey. When reporters find out they grew up together, the story writes itself-childhood friends reunited, smiles caught on camera, a thousand strangers deciding what they are to each other. The only problem is... the strangers aren't entirely wrong. Between past chapters at a small California rink and present days in the Olympic Village, Quinn and Mack have to figure out what they really meant to each other then-and what they're allowed to be now, with medals on the line and the whole world watching. Because it's one thing to love someone quietly from a distance. It's another to have them show up in your life again and make everything feel possible.

Sabrina Celebrini was on skates since she was two years old, her twin brother, Macklin Celebrini, was on the ice with her everyday. Growing up a figure skater, the pressure was always something Sabrina had excelled in dealing with... at least infront of cameras and a sold out crowd on the ice. Now at 19 years old, Sabrina continues her training in California with her twin brother, the new star of the San Jose Sharks. Will Smith, the 4th overall pick in the 2023 NHL draft, knew that sisters were off limits, especially ones who are related to his best friend. Will knew of Sabrina but never wished to cross the line of becoming anything more than acquaintances, not until tonight. New years...the start of something new or the continuation of something that in reality is nothing?

21-year-old journalism student Jade Callahan needs her big break. 20-year-old Will Smith needs to prove he belongs in the NHL. Neither of them needs the distraction of their instant, explosive hatred. But the more they clash, the harder they fall. And soon, the rookie and the girl trying to prove she belongs in a male field, will have to decide what they're willing to risk for the one person they were never supposed to want. will smith x jade callahan ⭐️

When your childhood best friend brings home his new teammate... For your entire life, you grew up next to the Celebrini's on one side, and your best friend Addy's family on the other in North Vancouver. All of your parents were best friends from before you were born. From that, the "Core Four" started, with you, your twin Miles, Macklin, and Addy. Growing up, Miles and Macklin played hockey together before Miles switched to soccer, and Macklin's older brother (Aiden) was best friends with your older brother (Max). But, in 2020, Max gets into a fatal car crash while in college. Now, four years later, you are finishing your first year at being roommates with Addy at Stanford University, while Miles plays on the Stanford men's soccer team. Mack's NHL draft is coming up shortly where he gets drafted to the one and only San Jose Sharks.

elaine evans is twenty years old, a once-in-a-generation voice, and the newest name etched into grammy history. macklin celebrini is hockey's golden boy, built from discipline, pressure, and the kind of focus that never cracks on the ice. they come from worlds that aren't supposed to overlap-until one night in los angeles, surrounded by flashing cameras, expensive champagne, and people who only know how to be famous, they find each other in the quiet spaces between it all. she doesn't want to be another headline. he doesn't know how to want something that isn't hockey. and neither of them expects a connection that feels like music-soft at first, then impossible to ignore.

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?

isabel parker and will smith have been best friends since they were kids. now that they're grown up, things have changed. people have changed. feelings are changing. so, what happens when the two best friends that have liked each other for years decides to fake date when a rumor starts going around?

Will Smith is a hockey player at Boston College. He moves in with a billet family the Larsons and meets their 19-year-old daughter name Sadie. Will and Sadie don't want to put a label on their relationship but they both can agree whatever they are it is not CASUAL. Smut Warning Tag Rankings #2 in Celebrini #10 in HockeyRomance #35 in NHL

almost a year after everything happens between isabel parker and will smith, things have changed. they're no longer together, and friendships have been ruined. but, what happens when one video and one secret comes out? maybe things aren't such a secret anymore. book 2 from other story, My Childhood Bestfriend