Windsor College was supposed to be a fresh start—a place where the past couldn’t follow. For you, it almost feels normal. Late-night study sessions, parties, inside jokes with your friends… and him. Mickey Altieri—your boyfriend—is everything easy and exciting. Charming, funny, a little reckless, but completely devoted to you. Or so you think.
Next-door neighbors Y/N and Rowan Bennett have been at odds their whole lives—until senior year shakes things up. When Rowan’s quirky ex dumps him for a college guy, he and Y/N strike a deal: help each other get the people they want. But as fake dates turn into real feelings, they might just discover that love was next door all along.
Moving from a small town in New Hampshire to the Carolinas was supposed to be the start of Y/N’s dream career as the newest sports physical therapist for the Carolina Hurricanes. Instead, she finds herself navigating life in a close-knit Southern town, sharing an apartment with her lifelong best friend, Annie, and accidentally falling for one of the team’s star players, Charlie Dean. Between long hockey seasons, small-town traditions, late-night debriefs, and teammates who can’t mind their own business, Y/N quickly learns that sometimes the best things in life are the ones you never planned for.