Quinn Hughes has the world watching him and no one actually seeing him. New captain of the Vancouver Canucks. Golden boy on the surface. But behind the press conferences and perfectly tailored suits is a man unraveling slowly, quietly. The kind of man who smiles like it hurts and doesn't let anyone close enough to see. Until her. She barely remember the night. But he's spent every night since remembering only her. Michigan. A country festival. She walked wearing denim shorts and a don't-fuck-with-me smile, smelling spicy. She didn't give him her name. She barely gave him a second look. But Quinn? He's been building fantasies around her ever since. All-consuming ones. Elizabeth Woods. Pediatric intern. Raised in the shadows of a mother who loved like a loaded gun. She's gentle in a way that feels dangerous, like she's trying to undo years of damage with one soft look and steady hands. She's the kind of woman who tucks blankets around strangers but doesn't flinch when someone screams. She's standing across from him, stunned, breathless, just as fucking shocked. Because this city's too big. Too full. And still, somehow they found each other again. She thought he was a bartender. A finance guy. A pretty face with a sharp jaw and nothing behind the eyes. She had no idea he was him. The name on every screen. The jersey hanging in every bar. And now he's in her orbit again, asking questions with his eyes, tugging at threads she's spent years trying to stitch shut. She carries her past like a diagnosis, incurable. And Quinn sees her. He wants her in a way that has nothing to do with love. This is concussion-level craving. A full-body, penalty-box, scream-into-the-wall obsession. She's the one thing that makes him forget the rules. But the closer he gets, the more the past starts bleeding into the present. She's not just a girl he can't forget. She's the trigger to everything he's spent years burying. "You don't even remember me." "Bullshit. You ruined me."

Charlotte Evans came to Vancouver for a fresh start - a new city, new career, and a chance to outrun the shadows of the past that nearly broke her. Her only rule? No hockey players. Not after the accident that took her ex's life, shattered her reputation, and made her the girl her hometown loves to blame. But she unknownlingly moved in across the hall from Quinn Hughes - captain of the Canucks and Canada's most beloved hockey prodigy - her carefully built walls begin to crack. Focused, soft-spoken, and maddeningly kind, Quinn is everything she swore she'd avoid... and everything her heart starts to want. He's at the peak of his career, with no time for distractions. She's spent years building armor she swore no man would ever get through. But as sparks fly, tempers clash, and a magnetic tension simmers just beneath the surface, niether can deny the pull between them. When unspoken attraction turns into something deeper, and a painful secret threatens to resurface, Charlotte and Quinn will have to decide whether some lines are meant to be crossed - or if the past will always be one game they can't win.

When moving in with your recently widowed Nanna turns into an unexpected love story.

A gymnast at the University of Michigan gets an internship with the hockey team

One of the things that Charlotte Rose Johnston loved the most, besides lacrosse and hockey, was her privacy. It was time for her new adventure, and being that she received her first Division 1 athletic offer to play men's ice hockey at the University of Michigan, her future was more near than ever. So she's moved in and anxiously waiting for her roommate to arrive. What happens when her roommate just so happens to be her childhood best friend and current nemesis? childhood best friends to enemies to lovers | angst | jealousy | drama | forced proximity |

Luke Hughes has always stood in the shadow of greatness. The youngest Hughes brother, the "angel" in a family of gods. Every game, every headline, every conversation-somehow it always circles back to Jack or Quinn. Even with you, the one person he thought might love him for him, doubt creeps in. Maybe you're just here for their spotlight. Maybe you're waiting for him to fall. And then the injury happens. It's bad. Surgery looms. His season-his identity-feels like it's slipping through his fingers. And with it, he's sure you'll leave too. Because why would anyone stay for someone who's not strong enough?

(This is Book Five of the Celly Series) Ever since Katie Beckett met Luke Hughes, she had a crush on him but he definitely didn't want to be anything more than friends. When Katie finds out Luke is going to UMich for hockey, she immediately applies and gets in easily. She's excited to attend school with him until they have a falling out. Luke never liked Katie as more than a friend till he saw her again at one of his hockey games months later. He wants to not only repair their friendship, but also win her heart. He's just not sure how to start.

"Clear blue water, high tide came and brought you in. Skies grew darker, currents swept you out again." Lainey Beaumont is your typical girl next door. Kind, charming, and extremely intelligent. She is attending the University of Michigan in hopes of graduating with a degree in Sports Medicine. During one of her required course projects Lainey is partnered with Michigans very own hockey superstar, Luke Hughes. One drunken night leaves Lainey and Luke in an awkward position. It gets even worse when she heads home for the summer and finds out that Luke's family now owns the house right next door. Luke Hughes and Lainey Beaumont are forced to coexist in the middle of a huge secret. Can they play nice and fool all their family and friends or will the forced proximity lead to irresistible temptation.

They meet when he was looking for his 'lost' niece and nephew. She saw him and thought he was the Prettiest Boy she had seen. He saw her and though she was the prettiest Girl he had seen. (This description sucks 😭) Luke Hughes x OC

"It's just a kiss right?" "Unless you want it to be more." {Afterglow Book Two}