A country singer. A hockey player. Six months to not fall in love.
Country singer Summer Starling went from Nashville unknown to national attention thanks to her appearance on a reality dating show. Now she has one shot. Six months in Chicago with a legendary producer. One album that could launch her career. A simple plan: work, write, sing, repeat.
Her new roommate—the six-foot-something NHL captain she slept with on her first night in town—is exactly the kind of distraction she didn’t account for.
Miles King doesn’t do relationships. He keeps his focus on hockey and his life carefully controlled. But Summer is sunshine and chaos in cowboy boots, and she’s making him want things he’d stopped believing in. Things like forever. Things he can’t have with someone who’s halfway out the door.
When resisting her becomes harder than the inevitable goodbye, he gives in. Just until she leaves. He didn’t expect her good luck texts to become the difference between winning and losing. Or for her laugh to become his favorite sound.
By the time he realizes temporary will never be enough, the album wraps and Summer’s career takes off. She’s leaving. He can’t ask her to stay.
But what happens when the person you’re supposed to set free becomes the one your heart won’t let go of?
TROPES: Roommates-to-Lovers, One Night Stand, Temporary Arrangement, Country Singer x Hockey Captain, Opposites Attract
He’s her enemy. She’s his endgame.
Dominic Fox is as well known for his playboy reputation as he is for his hockey stats. But after watching his best friend find love, he’s ready for his own happily ever after. After a string of disastrous dates, he decides joining a reality dating show might be his best shot.
Until his teammate’s sister steps out of the limo—the woman who’s made an art of giving him nothing but sass and side-eye.
Mia Matthews didn’t come on the show to fall in love. A few weeks away from real life felt like the perfect escape from expectations and anxiety. But when her brother’s best friend promises to keep her around long enough to enjoy the sun-soaked set, she agrees to play matchmaker and help him find the one.
Only the more time they spend together, the harder it is to remember he’s off-limits. Beneath Dominic’s easy charm is a man who wants to be seen, and for the first time in her life, Mia stops running long enough to feel something real.
Too bad falling for him wasn’t part of the deal—or her plans.
TROPES: Hate-to-Love (she hates him, but the feeling isn’t mutual), Hockey Romance x The Bachelor, Reality Dating Show, Brother’s Best Friend, Age Gap (22 × 31), Reformed Playboy
She’s playing it safe. He’s playing for keeps.
Hannah Clarke’s world crumbles when her fiancé announces their breakup in a headline declaring himself Hockey’s Most Eligible Bachelor. Now, she’s picking up the pieces with three simple rules: no distractions, no love, and absolutely no hockey players.
But a kiss at All-Star Weekend changes everything.
Not just any kiss. One with Ryan Logan, her best friend and her ex’s rival.
It wasn’t supposed to happen, let alone mean anything. But it does. And when Hannah needs a fake boyfriend to prove she’s moved on, Ryan steps in without hesitation. Even if it means breaking all her rules, she can’t help but take a chance.
What starts as a harmless ruse quickly feels all too real. Every touch lingers, every glance says what words can’t, and every practice date leaves her wanting more.
Falling wasn’t part of the plan. But Ryan is determined to prove he’s worth the leap. And Hannah is starting to wonder if the love she’s been running from has been right in front of her all along.
TROPES: Friends-to-Lovers, It’s Always Been You (he’s been in love with her for years), Fake Dating, No Third Act Breakup, She Trades Up (ex’s rival)
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