The bride in black popped onto the screen and I jumped throwing my popcorn, and my arms over my face. I had buried myself behind Liam. "I thought you liked scary movies?" I felt my face blush, "I lied." He laughed and held his hand over my eyes, "I got you, Em." Sarah looked from across the room, "Gross, Liam, don't touch her. You know the rules." Secretly, I had hoped he wouldn't care about the rules. I mean, weren't rules made to be broken? Book #2- Boarding With The Brooks is now on my profile as I update each chapter!

*Book one of the Counting on Hockey series* To Meredith, watching hockey was torture. But her sister was a hockey player. She wanted nothing to do with hockey, even thinking about it made her angry. But she had her reasons. Starting 10th grade at a new school, meant hockey was everything there. The whole school was obsessed with hockey. The division 1 boys team is the best in the state. Forced to go to hockey games with her sister, and going to school with these hockey 'freaks' is going to be horrible. Or so she thought. But she meets Cole, center for the high school team. Hockey won't be the same for her. Or for him. *Some NHL players in this story are real players, others are made-up* Final edit: 3/10/2022

"Why do you play hockey?" He asked with a sense of urgency to his voice," Callahan why do you play hockey?" She shook her head, not able to find the right words," The box," She finally forced out," I used to play for the box." "Why do you play now?" He asked again. "I play because I love it, and because I made a promise." Callahan Smith has been playing hockey her whole life. Although, she spent most of her time in the penalty box. Being the only girl on a boys team, she thought that was the easiest way. That all changed when the team captain stepped in and changed the way Callahan played. A year later, half way through her last season as a youth hockey player, Callahan and her team are forced to face a tragedy. They only have a few more months to make good on a promise they'd made. It all boils down to the penalty box, after all it only takes one stupid mistake to change the game.

*part of the NAHBAB series but you don't need to read those to understand everything in this story. This is an epilogue of sorts.* Following in her Dad's, Jack Vella, footsteps, Max Vella works hard to prove that she belongs on the Colby Hill Jaguar hockey team even if she's a girl. And by her Senior year all her hard work pays off as she is voted team Captain and is expected to lead the team to State. This year is her year and nothing is going to stand in her way. That is until... Bo Preston, Captain of their rival team the Mighty Bears, transfers to Colby Hill. He's arrogant and cocky, and used to getting his way. Determined to see Max fall, Bo does everything he can to uproot everything that Max had built. The two clash heads and the peace Max had before vanishes. She has to fight once again to keep her team together in order to win State but with another captain among her midst will the she be able to work with him to lead the team to victory or will they end up tearing the team apart?

Kelsey Rogers lives and breathes ice hockey. She grew up with a father and brother who both played, and from them she gained a fierce passion for the sport. When her father’s company relocates him, Kelsey must leave her team behind, only to find out that there is no girls’ team where she now lives. Instead of giving up on the sport she loves, Kelsey fights her way onto the local boys’ travel team. However, the difficulty doesn’t stop there. Kelsey has to deal with boys telling her she plays a boys’ sport and that she isn’t as good because of being a girl. Kelsey isn’t one to back down from a challenge, so instead of quitting, she vows to prove that a girl can play ice hockey. Enter Dane Young. He’s the captain of Kelsey’s new team, and one of the major reasons she made it. Despite that, though, Dane is probably harder on her than the team’s coach. To Kelsey, it’s as if he wants to see her fail. Kelsey is determined not to let that happen.

When Mae Cadwell boarded her 11 hour flight, she wasn't expecting great things. But when she ends up sat next to a funny, kind, attractive boy - things seem to get that little bit better.

With the holidays fast approaching and her love life severely lacking, Hailey Miller decides to take the latest dating app, Mixr, up on their invitation to attend their monthly Manhattan get together. There she meets Elliott, who she wasn't matched with, but soon realizes is someone she has more chemistry with than anyone else. Will their connection last long enough for a kiss underneath the mistletoe or fizzle out before Christmas even arrives? [told through a mix of emails, chapters, and texts]

Ana had known Kyle since they were three she had never thought more of him than a friend but lately she had been feeling weird around him...did she like him...she couldn't Ana thought a summer at Kyle's family beach house in Florida would take her mind off her feeling for Kyle but something happened, something she would never forget

A pair of sky blue eyes looked back at me. Matthew. He tapped again. I got up and pulled open my window. "What are you doing here?" I asked timidly. Even though Matthew and I were neighbors, we certainly weren't friends. "I need somewhere to stay and your house is the closest." I noticed he was sporting a fresh bruise on his cheek bone. "Don't you have a friend's house you could go to?" I asked curiously. "That's the first place he'd look." he said simply but seriously. I bit my lip unsure. "Come on, Shaina. It's one night." I finally nodded and stepped away from the window. * This story contains scenes of bullying, self-harm, drugs and abuse with some mature language. *Go check out the sequel But Why Not

Emily Montgomery meets a few familiar faces next door and starts to fall, what she doesn't know is that this encounter will lead to a whole host of adventures and laughs.