Olivia Williams has always been the quiet girl-someone who stayed in the background, never causing trouble, and carefully avoiding drama. She thought her ex-boyfriend and the heartbreak he left behind were safely buried in the past. But life has a way of throwing the unexpected right onto your path. On the first day of term after summer break, Olivia steps onto the ice, only to find herself face-to-face with Noah Johnson-the fierce, confident rival of her ex. From the moment their eyes meet, Olivia feels the electric tension that comes with rivalry and the pull of something dangerously exciting. Noah is everything her ex was not: daring, unpredictable, and challenging in ways that make her heart race. As Olivia navigates school, friendships, and the pressures of her figure skating ambitions, she finds herself drawn into a whirlwind of emotions she thought she had left behind. With every shared practice and stolen glance, the line between competition and desire blurs. But can Olivia open her heart again without risking everything she's worked so hard to protect? Caught In-between is a compelling story of love, heartbreak, and second chances, where ambition meets passion, and the ice holds secrets more powerful than anyone could imagine. In a world of rivalries, can love find a way to skate past the past and land where it belongs?

Reid Blackwell is the perfect stereotypical Ice Hockey player: cocky, always wears his hat backwards, and is in love with the idea of himself. He is the reckless bad boy every puck bunny dreams of calling their own, but when his future with the NHL is looming over his head, his team step in to save him from himself. Emiliana Beckett, raised by her famous, World Champion MOTOGP racer brother, is an ambitious law student who has to spend her year abroad working for the University of Michigan's Ice Hockey team, specifically, their star goalie-Reid Blackwell. To make matters worse, she is forced to live mere inches apart from him in the hockey house. She hides her body dysmorphia behind academic perfection, he hides his pressure and pain behind charm and chaos. What will happen when they are forced to find a way to understand one another?

What happens when the guy you can't stand becomes the solution to all your problems? --- Xavier Cole is a man-whore. A womanizer. A complete player. And on most days? A walking red flag. Unfortunately for me, he's also charming, reckless, and very publicly unattached. The kind of guy no one would ever question suddenly having a girlfriend... and the last person anyone would expect to be faking it. Which makes him the perfect solution when my ex shows back up in town, convinced he deserves a second chance. I didn't mean to kiss Xavier at the annual hockey team New Year's Eve party. I really didn't! But it happened. And now everyone thinks we're dating. That he's my boyfriend. Which might be my fault too... because I may have told people we were together. And he might be going along with it. The problem? Xavier Cole and I don't flirt... we spar. And apparently, we're supposed to be convincing as a couple. Which means we're going to have to make this work. Because if our cover gets blown, I'm screwed. - A fake dating, enemies-to-lovers hockey romance at Henley University - ****The Henley Boys is a set of standalone novels. Against the Boards is the second book in the series, but you can choose to read in any order!*****

Anxious overachiever, Sophia Calloway, has a plan; graduate top of her class, get into a top 3 law school, keep her head down and emotions quieter. So when the University of Michigan's ice hockey team targets her in a prank gone wrong? She's ready to call campus security, drop-kick the nearest jock and move on with her structured little life. Instead, she gets Holden Zhao. Captain of the hockey team- too charming for his own good, worryingly reckless and absolutely allergic to authority. And now- assigned to her beloved library shift as punishment. Holden has never met a girl who doesn't fall at his feet. Sophia has never met a boy who makes her want to scream... and maybe kiss, all in the same breath. He calls her uptight. She calls him a menace. But the longer they're stuck together, the harder it is to pretend it's just a punishment. The less it feels like one, too. ➳♡➳ "I'm not going to kiss you, Soph." She crosses her arms defensively. "And why the hell not?" "I'm not going to kiss you," My lips graze the shell of her ear. "Until you beg me to." ➳♡➳ Slow burn. Enemies to friends to lovers. Banter like a whiplash. One anxious overachiever. One chaotic hockey captain. This was never part of the plan.

Elaine Williams, a bubbly, kind girl, is moved to a boarding school after her step brother is arrested. Moving into this school is a very big change for Elaine, and there are lots of bumps in the road. Due to circumstances, she ends up having to stay in a dorm with 6 guys. How will Elaine adapt to these new changes, while she is struggling with lots of things herself? Will she fall in love? Will she get heartbroken? Will anyone figure out her secrets? Best rankings🥇 #1 lovers 09/28/25 #1 ed 09/28/25

A girl who talks too much. A man who barely speaks. A beginning that already feels like trouble. Isla Bennett has always been easy to read, easy to love, and impossible to silence, drifting through life with a kind warmth. Rafe Costello is the complete opposite, a CEO built on control and silence, someone who keeps his distance because it's easier than letting anyone get close enough to matter. What begins as reluctant proximity between them, slowly turns into something neither of them can seem to stay away from. But the question is.. how does a man who trusts nothing learn to trust someone like her? And how does a girl who feels everything, handle the one person she cannot quite figure out? ------------------------------------------------------------------ He shook his head slightly. But lifted his arm anyway. She spun again, laughing louder this time, and when she looked back at him he was watching her carefully. He muttered quietly under his breath. "You're trouble." Isla blinked at him, before soon smiling with a wide grin. "I'll take that as a compliment." ------------------------------------------------------------------ -SEQUEL TO 'MR.SERIOUS'-

He loathe his wife, yet he can't take his eyes off her. He wants her gone, yet he can't seem to stay away. He wants her to suffer, yet he's overly fond of her sweet smile. He wants her to hate him, yet he craves for her love.. ⚠️Warning!⚠️ This story contains : • sexual / mature content • foul language • abuse • violence • sexual assault Highest Rankings : #1 Adult #1 Don #1 Sweet #1 Mafiaromance #1 Marriage #1 Trauma #1 Adorable #1 Grumpysunshine #1 Mobboss #4 Mafiaprincess #4 Newadult #6 Darkromance #6 Cute

---···₊⊹ ✞🕷️✞ ⊹₊···--- "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆," 𝑰 𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒎𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏, 𝒎𝒚 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒘 𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒆. "𝑺𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓." 𝑰 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒕. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒙𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒖𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒏. ---···₊⊹ ✞🕷️✞ ⊹₊···--- Stella Kingston has survived more than most ever could-trauma, fear, and a past that refuses to stay buried. So when her brother's best friend, Jeremy-the same man who once couldn't stand her-finds her bloodied and shaking in the middle of the road, something in him snaps. All the hatred disappears. Replaced by one thought: Who the hell did this to her? Jeremy was never a good man. Morally grey. Possessive. Dangerous. But for Stella? He'll become something far worse. Because whoever broke her... will burn. And he'll make sure of it. ---···₊⊹ ✞🕷️✞ ⊹₊···--- ⚜️TROPES: mafia, enemies to lovers, touch her and die, he falls first (and harder), possessive MMC, trauma, obsession ⚠️ Content warnings: PLEASE SEE INSIDE FOR GRAPHIC CONTENT DESCRIPTION #1 in SCARS 🥇 > 4/25/26 #1 in MENTALHOSPITAL 🥇 >5/3/26 #1 in ENE

Alex swore no hockey player would ever touch her, especially not Jaxon Cross-the campus playboy known more for his bedroom skills than his game. But when a no-strings hookup pact turns into something deeper, she's forced to choose between keeping it casual or risking her heart. ------- Alex loves sex... maybe a little too much. Her last hookup left her dry spell even drier, and she's convinced no guy can ever satisfy her until Jaxon Cross. Jaxon is Northridge's hockey golden boy, though his real reputation has nothing to do with the ice. Rumors of his bedroom skills spread faster than campus gossip, and while he secretly hates the image he's built, he can't escape it. When Alex and Jaxon cross paths, sparks fly-but not the good kind. She can't stand him, and he's addicted to the way she looks at him like he's the worst kind of mistake. Then Jaxon overhears her venting about her lackluster sex life... and makes her an offer she doesn't expect: a no-strings hookup pact. Alex doesn't do hockey players, especially ones with reputations like his. But eventually, curiosity wins. And what starts as a physical arrangement quickly turns into something neither of them bargained for. Because Jaxon doesn't just satisfy her body. He makes her laugh, surprises her with his sweetness, and shows her a side no one else gets to see. The more Alex falls, the more terrified she becomes. She swore this was only about pleasure. He wants more. And now she has to decide if she's brave enough to want it too. This is the second book in the Northridge Series.

𝐈𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. . . . . . . . . . . We've all heard the tales of good and bad, the tales of innocent deceit and her hero, the tales that despite their nature, show us the beauty in contrast. But it's the tales of pure evil that get swept under the rug. The tales of deception, where cruelty is rewarded. The tales that have you questioning who the real villain of the story is. There's a simple philosophy to most thing in life; two wrongs 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 make a right. So what ensues when you put two of the worst kinds of people together? Loyalties transfer, lines blur, and hatred ignites complete chaos. She's cunning. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴. She's dangerous. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴. She's evil. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦. Or so that's what we're told. The devil is always worse. But maybe, just maybe, she's the devil in disguise, playing his advocate... . . . . . . . . . . - 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 - 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 - 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. -