Laney Kensington lives on ice - both literally and emotionally. A fierce, ambitious figure skater with her eyes locked on the Olympics, she's trained to shut out distractions, swallow pain, and hide behind the name "Laney" so no one gets close enough to discover the real girl: Evangeline Rosalie Kensington. Preston Hale is everything she hates. A hockey player. Loud, cocky, too confident for his own good. He lives for chaos, adrenaline, and skating fast enough to outrun everything - including feelings. When they're forced to share ice time at the same training rink, it's war. Verbal jabs, glares at the Zamboni, and a mutual vow to never mix blades. But beneath the bruises and banter, something starts to shift. Because sometimes enemies are just mirrors in sharper light. And sometimes the people we're supposed to hate... are the ones who understand us best. This is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance about falling hard, growing up, chasing the impossible - and learning to love yourself as much as someone else. No smut. Just longing, figure eights, and fire under frozen skin. BOOK NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❄️❄️❄️ #22 in enemies to lovers #2 in brokenbutbeautiful #1 in town #1 in figureskating

BASED OFF OF BOYS OF TOMMEN! AJ Lynch has spent his whole life learning how to be good - good son, good teammate, good man - raised on loyalty and love in a town that never forgets. Fianna Holland has spent hers surviving the weight of a name that ruins everything it touches. When a secret friendship sparks between them, AJ chooses to stay where everyone else would walk away, determined to protect the girl who doesn't believe she deserves saving. But in Ballylaggin, the past is never buried, and when old violence resurfaces, Fianna makes a choice that shatters them both - because loving her might cost AJ everything, and loving him might be the only thing that can finally set her free.

Éireann O'Brien and Tadhg Lynch were best friends once. Now, starting first year at Tommen, they can barely exchange a glance without it turning into a fight. She's closed-off and fierce, with too much responsibility for someone her age. He's angry, unpredictable, and always one wrong word away from snapping. They're constantly at odds-but behind every glare and argument is a history neither of them can forget. Because some bonds don't break. They just change. And what happens when the person you can't stand... is the only one who really sees you? [tadhg lynch fanfic]

"Natalie," he repeated, her name like velvet on his tongue. He seemed to like the sound of it because he repeated it again, his voice turning low. "Natalie." Leon Hughes was a mystery masked by bruised cheeks and bleeding knuckles. He was a wraith, a shadow on the walls - sometimes there, sometimes gone. Never set in stone. He showed up when he showed up, with his face bleeding, his shirt torn, his skin blistered. Natalie never knew when he'd come, but she always let him in. Originally a short story. Rankings: #2 in teenromance, #2 in goodgirl, #15 in badboy

(Completed✨) Layla Sterling came to Oceancrest College carrying her family's name and the pressure to make their new Sterling Coffee shop succeed in a town who hates outsiders. At first, things seemed fine, especially after she met Mason Demore, the charming local with a grin and a thing for making her laugh. But everything changes when they discover their families run next door rival cafés. Mason is the golden boy of Anchor's Roast, the heart of the town, and to him, Layla suddenly becomes the face of the outsiders threatening his home. To her, he's infuriating, stubborn, and impossible to ignore. What starts as a spark turns into a rivalry that burns through gossip feeds, fake smiles, and late-night arguments that feel a little too much like honesty. In a town where everyone is watching, Layla has to decide if protecting her family's image is worth losing the one person who makes her feel real. ________________________________ Tropes: ~College town / coastal setting 🌊 ~Rivals to lovers ☕️❤️ ~Slow burn 🔥 ~Small town gossip 🗞️ ~Emotional healing & self discovery 💡 ~Complicated families 🧑🤝🧑 ~no smut ❌

❝what was your first clue?❞ * Copyright © 2017 -#1 under the tag 'dialogue' 22/11/18

Hockey player Aiden Peters used to torment Alyssa Davis all throughout middle school because he hated her, right? It's Alyssa's first year of college, a place she told herself she would have a fresh start. But what happens when she bumps into a hockey player that she swears she knows and hates... Aiden is the no shit taking team captain that everyone happens to love. The last thing he needs is to fall in love again especially with Alyssa Davis. She hates him, he is deeply in love with her, and both of them pretend they don't know each other when they are the one things they can't get out of their minds. Tw's// descriptions of ED, depression, anxiety and panic attacks

Completed • First Draft - not edited. || "You gonna sit there all night?" Luka glances at me, smirking. I glare back. "I was enjoying the last few seconds of peace before having to spend an evening pretending to like you." "That's funny," he says, unbuckling his seatbelt. "Why?" I snap. "Because I was thinking the same thing." || The rules? Easy enough. 1. Pretend to be the perfect couple. 2. Keep it professional. 3. And whatever you do, don't. catch. feelings. Simple, right? Sofia Calloway never planned on going viral for throwing a drink in Luka Mikhaylov's face. But one video, one pissed-off hockey star, and one furious university later... she's suddenly stuck in a fake relationship with the guy she can't stand. He needs to clean up his image before the NHL draft. She needs the free tuition that comes with the deal. All they have to do is smile for the cameras, hold hands at the games, and act like they don't want to strangle each other. Then come the late-night arguments that last too long. The stolen glances that feel too dangerous. The moment where "pretend" starts looking way too real. Because when you break the rules, someone's bound to lose. And this time, it might be both of them.

[2024 WATTYS SHORTLISTED] [18+] In the picturesque lakeside town, the calm waters mask the storm within Juniper Jenkins' heart. Betrayed and broken by her cheating boyfriend, she flees to the sanctuary of her friend's lakeside house, to work remotely for the summer. What she doesn't expect? Running into Wells Hansen-her rival from the Seattle Sun Times-of all people. And of all places, he's running the only coffee shop in town with decent Wi-Fi. She's sworn off men for the summer-pinky-promised no boys-with her two best friends. So there's no way she's breaking that pact. Not after what just happened. But fate doesn't care about pacts, and Juniper keeps bumping into Wells no matter how hard she tries not to. She resents him, and the feeling seems mutual. At least, that's what she believes.

[2023 Wattys Shortlist] When a feud between siblings goes too far, Solana finds herself falling into the hands of his enemy. Two university state teams have been fighting for generations, and unfortunately for Solana, her brother happens to be the quarterback for the Hawks, while his ex-best friend and current enemy leads the Tigers. She's normally supportive, but after an argument goes too far with her brother the night of a party, she finds herself welcoming a certain player into her bedroom. Christian Kane knows all about loyalty, and that it was his loyalty to others that got him screwed over. While he hides his anger behind his smooth words and flirty smile, the one person who can't fall for his charm is the little firecracker he's known for ten years. But with his loyalty to his team, he knows that surrounding himself around Solana will only lead to issues he doesn't need. But as the unlikely pair come to a mutual fake dating agreement to stir some problems, it's only time until things shatter into pieces. t r o p e s: faking dating, brothers enemy, one bed, banter, sleepover, college fiction, football romance, past history