"Cameron White is the most famous student influencer on the Bellevue campus. Not only that, she is one hell of a gymnast, ready to stick every landing her senior year. It's time to go out with a bang.
In order to think outside the box for her final marketing project, she has a proposition for the only other popular content creator on campus, a guy who just happens to be someone she trusts, Benson Jeannot—her lover from her freshman year.
Given everything that went down between them three years ago, surely, he won't say yes to her fake-dating idea. Though what she doesn't know is that Benson has been chomping at the bit for a second chance with the one who got away.
Benson Jeannot is on his way to the NHL draft, but first, he has to help his Bellevue Bullies win the cup. He is supposed to focus only on his grades and his ice time. But if he thought he couldn't sign up for the draft quick enough, that has nothing on how quickly he agrees to 'date' Cameron.
Problem is, she wants this to be an arrangement, while he wants to be her forever.
Freshman year, the choice was Cameron's to make. Now, can Benson make it clear he'd do anything for her to choose him?"
"Emery: I walked away from Quinn three years ago. It was the biggest mistake of my life. I had my reasons, and I thought it was best to let him go. I am too much. But even knowing that, I still crave him. I still miss him. I need him. I love him.
But while I've been building an empire he's supposed to be a part of—and pining after him—he's off getting engaged. To someone who isn't me. He thinks I'm going to allow him to marry someone else? Not a chance.
Quinn: Emery has been causing me trouble since we were toddlers. She is loud, assertive, and maybe even an evil genius, but my love for her knows no bounds. She walked away from me, left me behind for a new life, and I had no choice but to watch. I put myself out there for her to take me as her own, but she wouldn't. So, I moved on. I got engaged.
And now, Emery is back. It's not a big deal. I won't fall back into my old ways of needing her. I won't let her close enough to see the secrets I've been hiding. I'll keep her at arm's length. I've got this.
Or so I think. Because, in true Emery fashion, she barrels into my life. I thought I had a handle on her. But honestly, when have I ever been able to handle Emery Brooks?"
"Evan Adler can't get out of his own head.
Worthless.
Broken.
Failure.
Those are just a few of the words he uses to describe himself now. Medically retired from the NHL before he even had a chance to live up to the Adler legacy, Evan has returned to his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, to focus on his mental health. But he never expects his journey of healing to lead him to the University of Bellevue and a position as the athletic trainer for the women's gymnastics team.
Bellevue's star gymnast Callie Pearce is the ultimate teammate. She is driven, resilient, and when it comes to the people she loves, she loves harder than she hits the vault table. She grew up with only her older sister in her corner, but it's easy for her to be caring to anyone she meets. She wants to give everyone the kind of love she has, and she makes sure they know their worth. When Callie finds out Evan Adler is suffering, and at Bellevue, she will stop at nothing to get to know him.
That first time Evan tapes Callie's ankle, she realizes nothing is going to keep her from taking her shot with him. And together, they'll use the love they've been so richly blessed with in their pasts to save each other's future."
"From the Nashville Assassins: Next Generation series, comes your next book-boyfriend!
Dimitri Titov was on hockey skates before he could walk. All he's ever wanted is to play for the Assassins, his dad's team. After growing up in Russia, he's back in Nashville, Tennessee, and ready to pursue his lifelong goal.
Austen McDavid escaped the kind of life they make Netflix documentaries about. But she has survived and is thriving in her new position, preparing to lead the Assassins' farm team.
A housing mix-up leads to a middle-of-the-night encounter so reminiscent of his parents' relationship, Dimitri can't help but wonder if it's fate.
And when everyone is telling you not to go for it, sometimes you just have to line up the shot and let the pucks fly where they may."
"Stella Brooks is a woman who knows what she wants. From her first glimpse of Paris Fashion Week at the tender age of eleven, she has only ever wanted to be a designer. Until . . . she is driven to trade fashion for frosting, a move that makes her soul sing but shakes her confidence in her decision-making to her core. And when you add in that her sexy hookup from her older brother's wedding is sniffing around again, things are about to get out of hand. Wesley McMillan seems different, no longer putting off love-'em-and-leave-'em vibes, which only adds to Stella's emotional chaos.
Wesley McMillan has had a thing for Stella Brooks since she first served him a fried pickle platter at her mom's restaurant. She's stunning, smart, and confident. She knows her worth and what she wants, and she owns whatever room she's in, the ultimate turn-on for him. He just has two problems: Stella is his best friend's sister, and she thinks he's a playboy. The first issue, Wes is willing to face off against. As for the second . . . Wes doesn't blame Stella for her assumption. He used to love to play the field, but now that he has his demons under control, he is ready to show her and the world that he is worthy of her love.
Wes may be known for his sick signature move on the ice, but will his dirty toe drag be enough to score Stella's heart?"
"You are cordially invited to the wedding of Shelli Adler and Aiden Brooks . . .
Shelli has been planning her wedding to Aiden in her scrapbook since she was old enough to wield a glue stick. And now that day has finally arrived. Sure, it's over the top, but what else would you expect from the firstborn daughter of hockey royalty?
Aiden is along for the ride with Shelli's grand ideas, just as long as his beloved Stanley Cup gets a position of honor on their big day. Whatever his beautiful bride-to-be wants, he's going to make sure she gets. Even if he has to do some soul-searching to figure out how to get the job done.
Shelli knows she's only getting married once, and she's not throwing away her shot."
"Elliot
I'm pregnant. And the father has no clue.
I pushed him away. I shut the door in his face. And while I thought it was only my broken heart he left behind, that wasn't the case. He left a child inside me. And I kept it.
Now he's back, and it's time to face off with the only man I've ever wanted. But can he forgive me?
Alex
I think I've loved Elliot McDavid since the moment I met her.
She watched me for weeks, lusted after me, but never said a word. Even denied that she would work out just to see me. When I finally got her where I wanted her, she pushed me away. She slammed her walls up and reinforced them with distance.
But now I'm back. And she has secrets. More than just the fact that she's pregnant with my child.
She thinks I'll let her get away a second time, but that's not happening. I'm known for protecting the net, and I'll protect her. Even from herself."
"Eliza McDavid is done with dating.
Every man she meets does nothing for her. After years of abuse, she knows she wants safety—but most of all, she wants love. Each of her sisters has her own passion, and Eliza thinks she's found hers when she decides to open her own coffee bar. But she doesn't have a clue how to run one. She knows someone who does, however, but he won't give her the time of day.
Until he does.
Coleson Katz's reputation is worse than the sludge shoveled off the ice between periods of a hockey game. He has made some bad personal choices, so when it's time for him to be called up to the NHL, no one wants to give him a chance. He's told that the only way to fix his reputation is by finding a wife, but he wants to do anything other than that. Who would want to marry a hockey player who is known for sleeping around?
But then he's reminded that Eliza wants to learn how to operate a coffee shop. He owns one of those and has been running it his whole life. He proposes a trade. His coffee shop in exchange for a year of her life in a fake marriage to him.
Easy peasy.
Or so he thinks."
"A romance-only book shop owner meets a hockey player who reads only romance.
Louisa McDavid figures after escaping from the cult she grew up in, the universe owes her a happy ending. Her sisters are all safe, she owns her own business, and she doesn't give a damn what anyone thinks of her. But as a woman in love with love, why has it been so hard for her to find one of the good ones?
Everything changes when Ciaran Carter basically steps out of the pages of one of Louisa's beloved smutty books and into her romance-only bookstore. Tall, muscular, handsome, and he likes to read? He's the perfect book boyfriend come to life. And he plays hockey? Bless. It doesn't get any better.
Louisa and Ciaran strike sparks off each other from the moment they meet. He's got big dreams, and she's got big secrets. And together, they'll set their little corner of Tennessee on fire."
"Twenty-Two
When Lucas Brooks was traded to the Nashville Assassins over a decade ago, he was a brash, brawling hothead without an anchor. Well, four kids and a smokin' hot wife will weigh you down real fast, but Lucas wouldn't change a minute of his happily ever after. During an epic, end-of-season quest for the Cup, changes appear on the horizon, and suddenly, there's a plot twist in Lucas's fairy tale.
One Timer
The last twenty years for Harper Allen and Jakob Titov have been even better than they could have dreamed. But when their daughter comes home, informing them she's giving up everything for a boy, they know it's past time to tell the truth about the shutout they scored all those years ago to get where they are. It wasn't easy. But sometimes, that one-time thing leads to a fairy-tale kind of ending."
"Allison Titov and Asher Brooks have been best friends their whole lives. Brought up together as part of the Assassins family, they might as well be related. But . . . Ally has never felt anything sisterly toward Asher.
In love with Asher since she was a teen, Ally has gone pro at keeping her feelings a secret. It's been easy . . . as long as he's stayed halfway across the country at college and she has a volleyball to slap her frustrations out on. But now, he's home. And having his quick wit, heart-filling laugh, and adorkable smile so close is going to test her like never before.
After being dumped by his fiancée, Asher is at a loss what to do next. He craves stability, but with an unexpected kiss, Ally might as well have spiked Asher in the face with a volleyball. Now he's faced with the dilemma of his life. Does he keep Ally in the friend zone, or does he take the ultimate risk for love?
If they've learned one thing growing up in the glow of hockey greatness, it's that you can't win it all if you don't play the game. And by serving one hell of an ace into the middle of Asher's safe little life, Ally is ready to claim victory."
"Claire and Jude Sinclair have been living the perfect life for the last ten years.
Blissfully in love, professionally successful, happily married . . . They have everything they want—except a baby to make their family complete.
On the eve of the birth of the baby they're planning to adopt, Jude gets traded to another hockey team in another state, and their thoughtfully planned-out road to parenthood hits a speed bump.
But they didn't survive all the turmoil of their pasts to get knocked out now. This is their game seven, and they won't accept anything less than a win for the family they're destined to have."
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