"I KNOW EVERYBODY CHANGES, BUT I HOPE WE DON'T" which connor bedard can't help but fall for his friends sister again, like every summer.

Kaylin and Will had a history, the kind where you look back and smile... and cry. But every chapter comes to an end and thats where she decided Will would stay. But when she returns to San Jose clean out her late grandmothers house, shes met with the old chapters of her life. Ones where she thought she had turned the page. She realizes sometimes its safer to re read good books than risk opening new ones. Every memory has an object. Every object has a story. Some stories were never meant to stay buried.

Heaven Bennett doesn't fall in love. Not because she can't - but because she doesn't have time to. Between 6 a.m. placements, endless coursework, and children who need her more than anyone else does, Heaven has built her life around one thing: becoming the best child nurse she can be. Relationships are distractions. Temporary. Bad for business. Connor Bedard lives thousands of miles away, under arena lights and expectations she doesn't fully understand. He was never part of her plan. But somehow, between late-night calls and quiet conversations no one else gets to hear, he becomes the only thing she doesn't want to control. And that might be the most dangerous part of all.

Some people leave because they have to. Others leave because they're afraid to stay. At twenty-one, Camille Tate moves to Chicago determined to start over. A new apartment, a new job, and a city she's dreamed of calling home for years are exactly the fresh start she needs. She never expected her next door neighbor to make the unfamiliar city feel a little less lonely. But no matter how far she runs, the past has a way of catching up. When someone from her past unexpectedly reappears, Camille is forced to confront the choices she made after high school and the secrets she's spent years trying to outrun. As old memories resurface and new feelings begin to grow, she'll have to decide if she's finally ready to face her past or risk losing the future she's only just begun to build.

Offsides follows Kinsley Blake, a glamorous model and TikTok star with a lonely life behind the camera, as she gets pulled deeper into Chicago's hockey world. She has her eyes set on one Blackhawks player, but Connor Bedard is determined to make her notice him instead - even if falling for him was never part of her game plan. connor bedard x oc

Completed You only wanted to escape. When you spot your ex entering the ice rink, you panic, desperate to avoid another humiliating encounter. In a frantic moment of impulse, you run straight to the first person you recognize-Will Smith, a talented, easygoing hockey player. Without thinking, you beg him to kiss you, hoping to make it look like you've moved on. To your surprise, Will agrees, pulling you into a kiss that feels a little too real. What started as a desperate act to avoid the past might just lead to something unexpected...and maybe even something real.

You're the new, highly-touted defensewoman for the Anaheim Ducks, and you have one job tonight: shut down the Chicago Blackhawks' golden boy, Connor Bedard. The rivalry is instant, the chirps are flying, and when you drop the gloves with him in the middle of the second period, the entire league sees you as enemies. But in the penalty box, covered in sweat and rage, the tension shifts. The line between a cross-check and a caress has never been so thin. It's a fine line between hate and something that feels dangerously like lust.

in which connor bedard spends years loving the same girl in all the wrong ways - quietly, fearfully, and never enough out loud - until losing her becomes the only thing scarier than finally letting her stay. or five years of almosts, mixed signals, emotional spirals, and one hockey player who only learns how to love properly after the girl he's always loved finally walks away.

RAELYNN MITCHELL-GÜNTHER is from Vancouver, just like her best friend and neighbor Fraser Minten. They played hockey together in the backyard or in the rinks. They played together on co-ed teams before Raelynn got "too old" to play with the boys. The summer going into her last year of highschool, Raelynn's parents drop the worst news on her. She's moving away from Fraser. To St. Paul, Minnesota. Now, in college. She makes a big mistake that costs her 15 games. Her suspension last 15 whole games. She was known for being the "enforcer" type. The aggressive one. So when the news comes out, she receives a lot of backlash. Her and Fraser reconnect. And the two fake date. To fix her image. Strictly contractual. But they end up falling for real.

Audrey has a problem. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed, handsome... charming...hockey player problem. Will says he wants to keep it casual, but every time he's near her, his actions betray him. She can't figure him out... or what they are. And he won't let her. Winning is everything to Will...on the ice, in the spotlight, in life...and love doesn't fit into his game plan. But neither does Audrey. Every moment, every heated argument, every soft touch, and shared haze between them pulls them closer, even as their past and their doubts threaten to push them apart. Audrey knows she can't ignore the fire between them, but trusting him not to hurt her might be the hardest game she's ever played. Does she walk away, or risk it all for a chance at the love she's been chasing...without knowing if he's ready to commit?