YA/TEEN

Noah Hale came to Evergreen Academy for one thing: a fresh start. Instead, she catches the attention of Kael Draven, the academy's untouchable Alpha King. He is arrogant. She's stubborn. They can't stand each other. But when Kael's wolf claims Noah as his mate, enemies become unavoidable, jealous rivals declare war, and the academy's darkest secrets begin to surface. Sometimes fate chooses the one person you'd never choose for yourself.

I struggled to breathe as his lips sucked desperately against mine, his hands cupping my face. “Tim… Timothee… I can't breathe,” I choked. He pulled away. “I'm sorry. Did I hurt you?” I shook my head. “I said I like you, Mercy. I have feelings for you,” he repeated. I knew I felt the same way, but could I say it? Could his kind and mine really be together? ****** Mercy Hogan has been in love with the son of the alpha king for as long as she could remember. She planned to confess her feelings to him, but her heart is shattered when she discovers that he is in a secret relationship with her bully. But that same day, she forms a mating bond with a different boy, and his real identity is shocking.

Rule number one of surviving Valor State University: Stay invisible. For twenty-two-year-old Skylar Thompson, the rules are simple. Keep your 4.0 GPA, work your grueling double shifts, and never, ever date an athlete. Except, Skylar broke her own rule for Shawn Crawford–the star running back who made her feel seen, even if he kept their relationship a secret. But secrets have an expiration date. At a campus bonfire, Shawn is dared to kiss his hidden girlfriend. With her hopes up high, Skylar’s ready for her fairy-tale reveal. Instead? Shawn bypasses her entirely and presses his lips against her toxic stepsister. Humiliated, broken, and pushed to the edge, Skylar gets even. Looking for the ultimate weapon, she throws herself at the nearest distraction: Trey “Goliath” Parker. At 6’8”, the brooding, legendary quarterback is the most feared man on campus, and Shawn’s biggest rival. It was supposed to be a single, spiteful kiss to save face. But someone films it, the video goes viral, and by morning, the whole school thinks they are dating. But Skylar has no idea what she just started. That one impulsive kiss breaks a years-long curse of numbness, and brings a certain other anatomy wildly back to life. Suddenly, the monster has a muse. Trey doesn’t just want to be her fake boyfriend; he needs her. And he will do whatever it takes to keep her. Skylar’s quiet, boring senior year is officially dead. The monster has awakened, he’s utterly addicted, and he’s about to teach her exactly how good it feels to be bad.

Jenna Williams has loved Carlton Fernandez in silence since the fifth grade. To everyone else, she's just the scholarship girl trying to survive at New York Montessori High School. To Carlton, she's practically invisible. But when fate forces the hockey captain and the quiet scholarship student to work together, the impossible begins to happen. Stolen glances become late-night conversations, friendship turns into first love, and for the first time, Jenna dares to believe that maybe some dreams really do come true. Until one night changes everything. A shocking betrayal. A leaked video. A broken heart. And the scholarship Jenna fought so hard to earn is ripped away from her. The worst part? The one person she trusted most may have been the one who destroyed her. As lies spread faster than the truth, Jenna must decide whether to fight for the future she's always dreamed of—or walk away from the boy she loved in silence. Some betrayals break your heart. Others change your life forever.

The Rugby Captain Knows My Secret Getting into Blackridge Sports Academy meant giving up my identity. To chase the future I'd always dreamed of, I disguised myself as a boy and earned a place at the country's most prestigious all-male sports school. My plan was simple: keep my head down, play hard, and never let anyone discover the truth. Then Cassian Vale happened. The ruthless rugby captain caught me in the one moment I couldn't hide who I was. Now he knows my secret—and instead of exposing me, he's keeping it. But secrets come with a price. The closer we become, the harder it is to pretend we're just teammates. If the truth gets out, I'll lose everything I've fought for. And if I fall for the one person who can destroy my life with a single word, I'll lose my heart too.

Elle Bennett and Cassie Reed have been inseparable since the day they were born. Bound by friendship, family, shared memories, and many rules - but there’s one rule that mattered more than all the others: your best friend’s brother is off-limits. For years, keeping that promise was easy - especially when Noah treated Elle like a little sister, and she, her big brother. During his final year and her 10th grade at Brookridge High School, something shifts, and what begins as quiet and confusing soon turns into something neither of them can deny. Breaking this one rule could cost Elle not just her first love, but the most important friendship she has ever known.

21 years old Soraya Rivera has spent her entire life fighting for everything she has. A full scholarship is her only ticket to a better future, and with her father's mounting medical bills threatening to bury her family, failure isn't an option. So when a heated confrontation at a nightclub turns into a public scandal, she's one mistake away from losing everything she's worked for. Declan Shaw has his own future on the line. At twenty-five, he's hockey's golden boy the league's favorite player and captain of the ice. But after one reckless night involving Soraya, lands him in trouble with sponsors and team management, he's given an impossible ultimatum: clean up his image or kiss his career goodbye. The solution? A legally binding marriage. For 365 days. One year of pretending they're happily in love. One year of living together, smiling for cameras, and convincing the world their relationship is real. If they fail, Declan loses the career he's sacrificed everything for. If Soraya refuses, she loses her scholarship and the chance to help save her father. The rules should be simple: no feelings, no complications, and absolutely no falling in love. But when hatred starts feeling dangerously close to attraction, and every stolen glance blurs the line between fake and real, Soraya and Declan discover that surviving 365 days together may be the easiest part. Because the biggest risk isn't losing everything. It's losing their hearts to the one person they swore they'd never love.

My ex publicly denied our relationship, called me delusional, and kissed another girl in front of the entire campus. Overnight, I became the joke… the pathetic girl who couldn’t take a hint. So I kissed the one man Logan hates most. Cassian Leonidas Alexandris. His rival hockey captain, campus menace and the last person I should trust. When photos of me leaving his apartment send the internet into a frenzy, I propose a deal: fake date him and help repair both our reputations. It should have been simple. Except fake kisses start feeling real and my jerk ex suddenly wants me back. And the terrifying hockey captain who’s supposed to be pretending keeps looking at me like he’s already won. The problem? Cassian Alexandris has never lost a fight. And I’m starting to think he has no intention of losing me either.

She ran away from her pack at thirteen to escape an arranged mating to a cruel aging Alpha. At Wolvaria, Ethel Gulliver finally had it all: the boyfriend of her dreams and a new life far from danger. The only blemish was Tavian Graves, the unrelenting bully who made her life miserable, mocking every extra fold of skin he could find. Then she dies holding his hand, on a locker room floor, while her boyfriend's hands finishes what his secret lover started. When she opened her eyes, they had gone back in time. They have matching marks neither of them asked for. A bond neither of them wanted, and an alliance built on nothing but revenge, rage, and the kind of heat that has no business existing between two people who spent years hating each other. Their relationship is fake, she reminds herself of that every time his hands find her skin like he is memorizing it. They only have one shot to stop their murderers before history repeats itself. But the longer she plays pretend to want him, the more she is terrified that she actually does. Between growing feelings and passionate desire, two other murders rock the university and her past begins to catch up with her, Ethel realizes that the secrets her parents kept from her are far more dangerous than anything she could've imagined and they are well on their way to bite her in the butt. She might've escaped once, But this time... survival isn't guaranteed. Not for her and definitely not for anyone she loves.

He bullied her for years… then discovered she is the only thing keeping his monster alive. Lily Carter's biggest dream is simple: survive senior year, get into a good university, and escape her small town. Her biggest problem? Holden Vance, the cruel and arrogant hockey captain who seems to enjoy making her life miserable. But Holden is hiding a deadly secret. As the future Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, he is being consumed by a dark relic buried beneath the school ice rink, driving his wolf toward madness. When a fight gets him suspended, he is forced to work with Lily at her family's sports shop. One accidental touch changes everything. A burst of white light heals his wounds and calms his feral wolf. Lily is no ordinary human. She carries a rare healing power that could save Holden… or destroy them both. His wolf recognizes her instantly. Mate. But Holden rejects the bond, refusing to let a human ruin his future. Then rogue wolves discover Lily's gift and begin hunting her blood to awaken the cursed relic. Now the girl he pretended to hate is in deadly danger, and the only person who can protect her is the boy who broke her heart. Will Holden claim his fated mate before it's too late, or will his rejection doom Lily to the monsters coming for her?

Eli Rayes is everything Frieda Frost hates: Rich, arrogant, emotionally unavailable, and adored by everyone. With perfect grades, a promising hockey career, and a reputation as the school's golden boy, he seems to have life handed to him on a silver platter. Unlike her, who has to struggle for everything. Fierce, stubborn, and determined to escape the financial mess her family is drowning in, Frieda has spent years working toward the Global Excellence Scholarship. She is determined not to let anyone stand in her way. Not her classmates, not her teachers, and definitely not the hot hockey player who couldn't take his eyes off her. She wants this scholarship more than anyone else. But unfortunately, Eli wants it too. What starts as academic sabotage quickly turns into an all-out war. Humiliating pranks. Rumors. Public arguments. Neither of them is willing to back down. But things became far more complicated when their parents announced they were dating. Forced into each other's lives outside school, Frieda and Eli discover that beneath the insults and endless battles lies a dangerous attraction neither of them can ignore. But with jealous exes, hidden family secrets, betrayals, and a scholarship only one of them can win, falling in love may be the biggest mistake they ever make. After all, when fire meets ice, someone is bound to get burned.

Andriette Flynn doesn't believe in playing by the rules. Labeled a troublemaker wherever she goes, she transfers to a new school expecting another fresh start. Instead, she stumbles upon the one secret that could bring down the school's golden boy, Student Council President Claude Moore. Now trapped between Claude, who will do anything to protect his reputation, and Dixon Morris, the only person bold enough to challenge him, Andriette becomes the center of a battle she never intended to join. With two powerful boys pulling her into a war she never asked for, Andriette discovers that some secrets can break hearts... and sometimes, the biggest rule breaker is the first to fall in love.

Maya had the perfect survival strategy: stay invisible, blend into the background, and never attract the wrong kind of attention. Until she accidentally crosses Julian. He is the undisputed king of the campus—dangerously handsome, wildly popular, and utterly ruthless. With one wrong move, Maya’s quiet life is shattered. Suddenly, she is thrust into a vicious spotlight, becoming the ultimate target for the entire school. And Julian? He makes it his personal mission to be her chief tormentor. Pushed to the absolute edge, Maya realizes there is no running away. She is trapped in a war she didn’t ask for, facing a brutal choice: let Julian break her completely, or finally learn how to fight back. But as the retaliation turns fierce, the hatred between them begins to blur. A dark, undeniable pull ignites between Maya and the boy determined to ruin her—a toxic friction that grows more dangerous by the day. Will this explosive game destroy them both, or will it twist into something even darker and impossible to escape?

For seventeen years, Josie Callahan and Grayson Locke have been inseparable. Best friends. Neighbors. Each other's first call, first choice, and safest place. The summer before senior year, after years of hiding their feelings, they finally admit the truth. They fall in love. For one perfect summer, everything feels possible. Then, on the first day of school, Josie hears the one word that changes everything. Leukemia. With only months left to live, she makes an impossible choice. Instead of letting Gray watch her die the same way he watched cancer steal his mother two years earlier, she destroys their relationship herself. She rejects him. Breaks his heart. Pretends she never loved him. She'd rather have him hate her forever than mourn her forever. But some lies are impossible to keep. As cruel rumors spread through Cedar Bluff High, old friendships begin to fracture, jealousy turns dangerous, and Josie's secret becomes harder to hide with every passing day. Cast opposite each other as Romeo and Juliet in the school's final production before graduation, Josie and Gray are forced back into each other's lives, even as she fights to keep him at arm's length. The closer Gray gets to discovering the truth, the more desperate Josie becomes to protect him from it. But love doesn't disappear because someone asks it to. And neither does heartbreak. When time is running out, how do you convince the only person you've ever loved to let you go? Especially when he's still fighting for a forever you'll never live long enough to see.

Six years. That’s how long I gave to Gavin, helping him train, secure his spot in the minor leagues, and build his status. I thought we were destined. But when I caught him with another female in the apartment I paid for, my world shattered. Seven months later, the final insult arrives: a gold embossed invitation to his mandatory Pack Unity Cruise. He wants me there to watch him flaunt his new life. He thinks he left me a broken, packless nobody. He thought wrong. I don’t just find a plus-one to ruin his night. I march straight into the private, heavily guarded training sanctuary of Kaelen Vane—the terrifying, dominant True Alpha captain of the Boston Frost Giants, and my ex’s absolute idol. Kaelen is a lethal god on the ice and a ruthless king off it, famous for his icy detachment and a rule never to touch the same woman twice. But Kaelen is facing a suspension from the Council unless he can prove his inner beast is tamed by a steady, respectable mate. We strike a mutually beneficial, completely forbidden deal. We fake a fated-mate bond. I get to completely shatter my ex’s fragile ego on that cruise, and Kaelen gets the Council off his back. It was supposed to be a strict, business-only arrangement. But the second Kaelen’s dark, smoky Alpha scent wraps around me, my inner wolf wakes up with a roar. And Kaelen’s eyes aren't looking at me like a business partner they're glowing gold with a hunger that says he has no intention of ever letting me go

Manon’s dream has always been to be a hockey star like her father, to fulfill the dream her father never got to achieve. So when she moved to a new school, she was excited to join the Hockey team, but what she thought would be so simple turned out to be something so difficult. Especially when she meets Emory James, the Hockey team Captain, and Marsh Cooper, the right defensemen. Marsh has been nothing but sweet to her since they met, encouraging her to reach her goals, he was her first love and her heart always lied with him. But Emory was a thorn in her flesh, he was the reason why she couldn’t join the hockey team and when she tried to blackmail him to get what she wants, she ended up in a bigger mess than before. Now she has to choose between them, the one who makes her heart beat, or the one who awakens desires within her that she has never imagined?

Three years ago, Shirley Paterson was humiliated by the boy she loved. Now she's back. More confident, more beautiful, and determined to make Brad Walker regret everything. Her plan is simple: make Hawthorne High's golden boy fall in love with her and break his heart. But revenge becomes complicated when she's forced to tutor Sebastian Blackwood, Brad's arrogant rival and the last person she wants in her life. After one impulsive lie turns them into the school's newest couple, Shirley and Sebastian find themselves trapped in a fake relationship that begins to feel dangerously real. As old wounds reopen and rivalries explode, Shirley must decide what matters more: getting revenge on the boy who broke her heart or risking everything for the one who might heal it. Because sometimes the person you think you want isn't the person you need.

Eloise Gilbert is a ghost. In a high school obsessed with status, she is completely invisible—clumsy, sarcasm-shielded, ignored by her own family, and hiding a singing voice nobody has ever heard.​Mike Weller is royalty. The arrogant, blonde, star varsity athlete is untouchably wealthy and used to everyone bowing to his ego.​Their worlds should have never collided. But when a clumsy summer blunder leaves a massive scratch down the side of Mike's brand-new sports car, Eloise finds herself dead broke and deeply in debt to the school's golden boy. Since she can't pay for the repairs, Mike smirks and demands a different price: her total servitude for the summer.​He expected a quiet servant. He got a fiery outcast who refuses to fawn over him.​But as forced proximity turns their sharp insults into something dangerously real, school is about to resume. And in the ruthless hallways of elite social cliques, secrets never stay hidden for long...

Some rules are meant to be broken. Especially on ice. In the high-stakes world of hockey, love is the most dangerous game of all. Behind the roar of the crowd and the glare of the spotlight, eight forbidden romances ignite. Each one more intense, more addictive, and more unforgettable than the last. From a hockey captain who fakes a relationship only to fall for the one girl who sees through his lies, to a star player who risks everything for his coach’s daughter. From secret affairs between rival captains and dance team leaders, to step-siblings who can’t outrun the obsession that began long before their parents said “I do.” These are stories of stolen glances, hidden touches, and the kind of love that burns hotter the more it’s forbidden. Some will risk their careers. Others will betray their closest friends. All of them will surrender to the fire they can no longer resist. Steamy Ice Cold Hockey is a seductive collection of eight emotionally charged and sinfully steamy novellas where passion collides with danger, and the heart always plays to win. Dare to fall for the forbidden? Read them now! Delilah/ All Rights Reserved

Nobody warned Avery Kane about Knox Callahan. Not the grocery store strangers who mentioned his name like a caution. Not the group chat that exploded the second she arrived. Not even her father — the man who uprooted her entire life to coach a hockey team in a Minnesota town she'd never heard of — who watched the whole thing happen from behind a whistle and a clipboard and said absolutely nothing useful. Knox is the team captain. The local legend. The boy with the full scholarship offer and the smile that should require a permit. He is also, as of November, Avery's boyfriend — which would be perfect if he weren't already leaving. Then there's Finn. Steady, warm, dangerous in a completely different way. Then there's a photograph of her mother. Twenty years old. Laughing at a Minnesota lake. In a town her mother swore she'd never been. Then there's Theo — quiet, ink-stained, annoyingly perceptive — who sits down next to her in a library and asks the one question that changes everything. Avery came to Evergreen to survive senior year. She didn't expect to find out she'd been here all along.