Football star Dallas Gunther has everything any 18-year-old boy would want - a fast car, good grades, supreme popularity, and most importantly, unparalleled athletic talent. But after a cocktail of injuries, pressure to perform, and teenage drama sends Dallas's senior year into a tailspin, he soon realizes that when you have everything, you also have everything to lose. [2022 Amby Awards Winner - YA] [featured on Wattpad official Teen Fiction & YA profiles] [extended summary inside] Copyright 2019-2025 | Taylor Romagnoli [moonraess]

College football star Reid Donahue's comeback is documented by sports media head Jo Lawrence, but as sparks fly between them, Jo must navigate both her career ambitions and growing attraction to the reserved athlete. *** When college football superstar Reid Donahue is ready for a comeback following a gruesome injury, the university tasks their head of sports media for a season-long piece on Reid's return to glory. Jo Lawrence knows that doing this piece is her in for a post-grad job at ESPN and is determined to make her way through a notoriously male-dominated industry. But Reid-reserved and withdrawn since his injury-is making things difficult for Jo at every turn...including the wind sprints her heart seems to do every time he looks at her across the football field. *** [2024 WATTY WINNER] [Wattpad HQ pick Jan-Feb 2025] [5x featured story] [18+] Copyright 2023-2025 | Taylor Romagnoli [moonraess]

Delaney Hughes - Her hatred for a certain someone could be considered a passion at this point and her passion for hating August Carter is a full-time job. It's also not easy for her to avoid the guy when he happens to be your next-door neighbour and one of your brother's best friends. Delaney likes to keep her popularity at a certain level; never above and never below said level. It helps keep her grounded as one of the many things she can control. But what happens when it all gets a bit much for Delaney and everything comes crashing down? August Carter - Is so madly in love and head over heels for a girl who could not care less for him. He would break his back for her to break a smile. Being captain and centre of the local high school ice hockey team meant he didn't have a social life on the down-low. It also meant he could pull any girl he wanted; except the one he needed since he was 5 years old.

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

Logan Romano took the NHL like a hurricane- dark and brooding. With his natural talent, brute force and sheer determination, he goes completely unchallenged both on and off the ice. He's notorious. Both for his success and his stormy personality. With a scorned, broken, heart and battered ego; Logan swore to never fall in love again. And he was a master at keeping his promises. Until he met November Levine. While Logan is a lightning strike and gloomy grey skies, Nova is the beaming sun and blossoming flowers. She's the closest sunshine gets to being a person, acting as a bright ray of joy and optimism. When the polar opposites strike a deal and Nova moves in to Logan's home, tensions run high and feuds quickly begin. But above all else, Logan is forced to revoke his promise to himself. Because once he's stepped into the light, it's almost impossible to plummet back into darkness. ✩✩✩ "Nova." I whisper, my voice low and hoarse against her neck. "Stop it." "Stop what." She whimpers back innocently as her thighs tighten around my hips. My teeth nip at the skin on her jaw in warning. "Either stop teasing or put me out of my fucking misery." November pulls her head back from mine, resting it against the wall, and bats her lashes up at me. "Say please."

Brynnley Adams, a senior at Mount Grey University who can not wait to finish her senior year of college to start her career in marketing. Brynnley is a quiet girl on campus compared to her roommate Jensen, who lives at every party on campus. Brynnley works at a country club to help pay for college. She hates working at the country club because it's filled with old, privileged men who treat Brynnley like a servant. She is just trying to finish college so she can finally quit this shady job and start her life. Carter Jones, Captain of Mount Grey University Hockey team, in his senior year waiting to start his career in the NHL. Carter is the biggest playboy at school, with a new girl on his lap every time someone looks his way. Coming from a wealthy family, Carter has always been privileged. He doesn't care about getting a degree or finding love. His goal is to make it to the NHL. While being the son of a successful and rich lawyer of a dad, he always gets knocked down when his father tells him to be a lawyer like him. Nothing is going to stop him from his dream of being an NHL player. One thing Carter and Brynnley have in common is they both hate the same person. He is a member at the country club she works at, and He is Carter's Father. What will happen when these two totally opposite people meet at a party? What will these two do when they decide to work together to get the person they hate the most out of their lives for good? Will they fall in love, will they completely hate each other, or will they find out their unexpected meeting becomes an unexpected love? Read more about Brynnley and Carter and see how they turn out. Rankings- #2 - nhlhockey on 1/24/24 #1 - countryclub on 2/17/24 #5 - hockey on 2/1/24 #1 - icehockey on 2/2/2024 #1 - cliche on 2/17/2024

When Evelyn and her long-term enemy, star hockey captain Atlas, are forced to work together on a university media project, sparks fly as resisting their attraction becomes a far bigger challenge than their opposing opinions. Standalone in the Wellsfield University Series ***** Evelyn Hayes has hated Atlas Griffin, the golden boy of their university hockey team, since their very first conversation three years ago. To Evelyn, he's the womanizing, arrogant epitome of rich privilege and everything she despises. So when a university-funded media project for the hockey team throws her into Atlas' orbit, she fully expects them to be at each other's throats. What she doesn't expect is for the snarky comments and daring glares to turn into sparks of undeniable attraction. With Atlas' sights set on the NHL and Evelyn desperate to keep the media lead position she's worked so hard for, neither is interested in anything complicated. Soon, a heated one-night stand leads to an enemies-with-benefits hookup pact. But is either ready to face the consequences when the lines blur and strings start to get attached?

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college hockey player Jackson Blythe makes a bet that he can stay away from chicks for a whole month, he decides that he needs someone to help him stay accountable. when he finds out that Ameeriah Jonas' crazy ex won't leave her alone, it seems like the most perfect opportunity- she can make sure he doesn't hook up with randoms at parties, and he can make sure her ex doesn't bother her. the dating may be fake, but the fake feelings and the real feelings start to become blurred as they continue spending late nights together and find out that they may care more about each other more than they realize.

When photography student, Willow Kennedy, gets offered an internship with her college's renowned ice hockey team, The Michigan Wolverines, she anticipates three things: 1) Her twin brother being an unbearable and over-protective nightmare. 2) Her photographs not making any real impact whatsoever. 3) The team completely shutting out the curly-haired girl pointing a camera in their faces. What Willow didn't take into account, however, was the Wolverine's team captain. Rumoured NHL first draft pick, dreamboat and total game changer- Tate Wilder. With his infectious dimpled smile, sparkling green eyes and addictive personality, Tate quickly turns Willow's internship into a life-changing and eye-opening experience- one filled with love, friendship and opportunities. Willow didn't meet the Michigan Wolverines looking for love, and funnily enough neither did Tate, but love soon found them. ********* "Pretty please?" Her lip juts out in an irresistible pout and you'd almost think she was a sweet innocent flower judging by the puppy dog eyes she's flashing me. But that image is little tarnished by the hand she has dipped into my boxers. I can feel my Adams apple bob as I reply. "O-okay. Fine, you win this time." The smile I get in response is absolutely blinding. A full, mega-watt grin with teeth, crinkled eyes and blush on the apples of her cheek. I'll let her win everything if I get that fucking smile in return.