OFFSIDE (North Ridge Series: Book #1)

Sloane Bennett has spent her whole life holding everything together.

At home, she's the one her younger brothers depend on. The one who cleans up the messes her mother leaves behind. The one who still believes her older brother might find his way back.

At school, she keeps her head down, her camera up, and her distance from anything that doesn't feel safe.

Logan Pierce is safe.
He's steady. Predictable. Easy.

Even if sometimes, it feels like she's slowly disappearing inside the life he's built for her.

Grayson Collins is the opposite of safe.

Captain of North Ridge hockey.
Untouchable. Unavailable.
And her best friend's older brother.

He doesn't do relationships.
He doesn't get involved.
And he definitely doesn't look at girls like Sloane Bennett.

Until he does.

What starts as tension turns into something neither of them can ignore--late nights, stolen moments, and a connection that feels a little too real. A little too dangerous.

Because crossing the line doesn't just risk her heart.

It risks everything -- her friendship, her family, and the one thing she's always fought to protect: control.

And when the cracks finally start to show, Sloane is forced to face the truth
--
Some things were never meant to be held together.