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Checking Hearts

Checking Hearts

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WpMetadataNoticeLast published Mon, Jun 22, 2026
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LGBTQIA+
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Romance
Noah Carter has spent years keeping his head down. With a camera in his hands and the shade of a jacaranda tree as his refuge, he's learned that staying invisible is safer than drawing attention to himself-especially from Ethan Hayes, the star captain of the Chicago Sentinels. Confident. Popular. Untouchable. Ethan has everything Noah doesn't: friends, talent, and a future bright enough to blind everyone around him. And for as long as Noah can remember, Ethan has made his life miserable. But when a single moment cracks the ice between them, Noah begins to see the side of Ethan no one else does. The pressure behind the perfect smile. The loneliness hidden beneath the captain's jersey. The boy desperately trying to live up to everyone's expectations. As old wounds reopen and buried secrets come to light, hatred slowly gives way to something far more dangerous. Because falling for your bully was never part of the plan. And loving him might cost Noah everything. In a story of heartbreak, healing, and second chances, Checking Hearts proves that sometimes the strongest walls are built around the people who need love the most. Some scars don't heal. Some hearts do.
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Alessandra has never believed in safety. Life never gave her a reason to. Pain carved her childhood, silence became her armor, and trust? That was a luxury she could never afford. So when she runs -- bloody, broken, and barely breathing, she doesn't expect saving. She certainly doesn't expect to be taken in by a family dripping in wealth and power and. . . warmth? A mother who refuses to give up on her. A father who watches like he's waiting for her to let him in. And six brothers. Rough. Protective. Complicated. Brothers, who don't know what to do with a sister who won't speak. She doesn't know how to trust. How to believe that maybe not everyone wants to hurt her. Every instinct tells her to run. To shut down. But they don't let her go. Not when she flinches. Not when she hides. Not even when she breaks. Happiness is for other people, or that's what she believes. But when love comes wrapped in gentle patience and fierce protection, when hands reach for her without demand, when hearts break themselves wide open just to hold her... she starts to wonder. Can a girl stitched together with silence and fear ever belong in a family built on love? Can she stand tall when the ghosts of her past refuse to let go? And when danger claws its way back into her life, threatening everything she's come to know... will she find her voice, or will she shatter all over again? Trigger Warnings: Child abuse. Violence. Addiction. Panic attacks. SA. Self-harm. Death, and more.

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