Good girl y/n first rule? Never sleep with the enemy-especially not Xavier her brother Samâs rival and the hockey leagues most insatiable player. But when he catches her mid fantasy with his nude photo between her thighs,rules shatter faster than the headboard in his bedroom. Facing Xavierâs relentless pursuit, the secret kisses,the hiding. Now theyâre playing a game of âpretend weâre not fuckingâ-and hope Sam never finds out.
She works at a gentlemanâs club thatâs anything but harmlessâhidden deals, shifting loyalties, and danger behind every closed door. When the Chicago P.D. Intelligence Unit is assigned to the case, the club becomes the center of an investigation she canât afford to get caught in. And when she meets Jay Halstead, everything sheâs been trying to protect starts to slip.
She was never meant to matterâjust another mistake in a world that doesnât forgive them. But when a mafia boss hesitates instead of ending her life, everything shifts. Letting her go would be easy. Keeping her? That might destroy them both.
Lena likes quiet. Evan doesnât. He sits across from her anyway, loud, obvious, impossible to ignore. Everyone knows he likes her. Sheâs not so sure.
Elias Walsh has the fame, the friends, and the football field all to himself. Lena Calder prefers quiet corners and watching life unfold from the sidelines. When a stray football sparks a chance encounter, two very different worlds collide. Between laughter, teasing, and unexpected moments, they discover that noticing someoneâthe real someoneâcan change everything.
Y/n always said he wasnât gay. Not that it mattered much; people believed him, because he dated girls sometimes, laughed at their jokes, shrugged off flirtations. But what nobody realized was that he knew everything about Samâhis best friend. Everything.
At Westbridge Academy, everything is predictableâespecially for the golden couple whoâve never had to question their future. Then a new girl arrives. She doesnât belong, doesnât play by their rulesâand somehow, she canât stop looking at him. It should mean nothing. But the more she looks, the more everything starts to unravel.