Emily works at a coffee shop in Portland, but what happens when a certain soccer player happens to be in the same coffee shop at the same time when Emily is running to catch up to her son Connor

To everyone else it seems like Elliot Griffin is living the dream. She is living out her dream playing professional soccer signing with Arsenal WFC at the age of 15. And ever since she has been the new rising star of European soccer. And now at the age of 17 she's being called up for National Team camp getting to play with her idols. But everyone has a past and Elliott's isn't pretty. Although everything seems fine on the outside, Elliot is left scarred and alone. But what happens if one soccer player helps her learn what it feels like to be loved again?

17 year old Evelyn Rodriguez gets called up to the national team after the team goes to watch one of her games. Evelyn without knowing catches the eye of Mal. The team immediately realizes it but Mal is denying her feelings and Evelyn well Evelyn is too oblivious to understand what's going on.

Sometimes to feel comfortable, one must experience a little discomfort and for Eva Valtersen, that was exactly what she needed. After being recruited in the Summer of 2021, the 21-year-old Norwegian midfielder decided to leave the comfort of her home country and make the move to her dream club in England, Manchester City. At City, Eva soon settles, finding new routines and traditions that fit around the noise in her head, and hurt in her heart. Through newfound friendships with Hayley Raso, Georgia Stanway and Keira Walsh, as well as frequent international breaks and tournaments with her best friends, Ingrid Engen, Guro Reiten, and Frida Maanum, Eva finds her supposed peace. That is until a derby match between the two Manchester teams rocks her newfound comfort. After the unexpected meeting with Ona Batlle, her world changes. Her mind changes. Ona brings out something in Eva that she thought was never possible: peace. In the mean time, Eva is there for Ingrid, while she is developing her own romance with the Spanish centre back, Mapi Leon, as she lives her life in Barcelona. Throughout all of this, Eva's brain continues to tick. Why did she consider her intrusive thoughts to be calming? Why was this all happening to her brain? And how come Ona was the only person who could make her feel better again? This Is Me Trying is a story about love, forgiveness and mental health, representing how the mind can truely affect the heart. The Story of Eva Valtersen in the Swiftly Pitched series

BOOK ONE OF THE HOLD ME CLOSE UNIVERSE Fleur de Voss is good at what she does. It shows from her caps for the Dutch national team, to the fact that Barcelona still want her after her season in the English WSL ends on an unexpected note. What she isn't so good at, however, is getting along with her new captain. Or so she thinks. - - - - - alexia putellas x original character

BOOK TWO OF THE HOLD ME CLOSE UNIVERSE Jaimie de Voss is nothing if she is not the best. She won't be distracted, she refuses to be. If only the stupid footballer she finds herself falling for would stay away... - - - - - leah williamson x original character

BOOK THREE OF THE HOLD ME CLOSE UNIVERSE Talia Segura has an unanswered question about her origins that she is determined to figure out. When she is offered the opportunity to go on loan to one of the best clubs in Europe, she seizes it. Little does she know that it will change her entire life. Forever. - - - - - clàudia pina x original character

It's difficult to find the way everything fits into place once it's broken, even if a surgeon gives you a pretty significant first push. Alexia's recovery is progressing with hope. Her knee is responding well to rehabilitation, but she doesn't feel the same way. Things have changed. She doesn't have the same touch, the same class, the same magic. Amidst the spiral of anxiety and self-uncertainty she finds herself in, just before returning to training with the club, she meets Mia, a part-time waitress too tired to keep searching for a job in what she is passionate about. Alexia needs a helping hand, a breath of fresh air, a new chapter in her life and a vacancy in the club that only Mia could dream of could bring them closer than ever, but at what price? How far would you be willing to go for love?

When you're abandoned growing up by the people closet to you, you figure out pretty quickly that the only one looking out for you, is you. Elena Solo, known by everyone else as Elena Carter, was close to her sister Hope when she was growing up, but she left when Elena was only 8 years old without saying a single word. So naturally she swore to never speak a word to her sister again. But now Elena needs her big sister more than ever, when her parents finally snap after so many years of neglect and abuse, she found herself on the streets with nowhere to go. Would Hope finally step up and be the sister Elena felt like she never had?

"i just wanna see you shine 'cause i know you are the stargirl..." enemies to lovers, with a little extra on the side ;)