Y/N never expected to fall for the one person who was always off-limits—her brother's best friend, Ethan Ashcombe. After returning home, she finds that the boy she once knew has become a man she can't ignore. But with years of friendship, loyalty, and secrets standing between them, crossing that line could cost them everything. Some feelings are impossible to forget, no matter how hard you try.
For as long as anyone can remember, the Hayes family and Bennett family have been rivals, meaning {y/n} and Luca Hayes have spent years arguing every time they cross paths. But when they’re forced to work together over the summer, the line between love and hate begins to blur. As old family secrets come to light and feelings they never expected start to grow, they must decide whether to keep holding onto a rivalry that was never truly theirs.
Y/N never expected one accidental encounter to turn her life upside down. When a photo of her and the university’s quiet, mysterious architecture student, Kai Mercer, sends campus into a frenzy, the two find themselves at the centre of dating rumours neither of them started. To keep up appearances, they strike a deal: fake the relationship until the gossip dies down. But as the line between pretending and reality begins to blur, Y/N and Kai discover that the hardest part of fake dating isn’t convincing everyone else—it’s convincing themselves their feelings aren’t real.
Everyone at Hawthorne FC knows the one rule: never fall for your best friend’s sister… or in Jacob Reynolds’ case, his younger sister’s best friend. When a career-threatening injury leaves the club captain in the hands of the team’s new sports physiotherapist, {Y/N}, years of buried feelings become impossible to ignore. Between late-night rehab sessions, jealous glances, and a season that could change everything, they’ll have to decide whether some rules are worth breaking for the person they’ve always loved.
