Fake it ‘til you make it, baby… but what happens when faking it starts to feel real?
Harlow Pierce runs a blog for her favorite baseball team, the New York Stars, but she needs to expand—New York City ain’t cheap, and there’s rent to pay. She needs something big to help her get noticed… and she finds that in the league’s favorite broody pitcher, Knox Spencer.
“Fort Knox” is known for his grumpy attitude and cold demeanor. He’s the league’s best pitcher with a disdain for any of the fame that comes with that. With an endorsement deal on the line, Knox has no choice but to open himself up to someone… and thanks to his agent, that someone is Harlow Pierce, his shiny, new fake girlfriend.
With their undeniable attraction to each other, this season should be a breeze.
But when emotions deepen and past trauma rears its ugly head, Harlow and Knox learn how easy it is to blur the lines between real and fake. Can they hit a home run or will they strike out?
Tropes: Fake dating, grumpy x sunshine, brother’s best friend, pitcher x blogger, open door spice
Trigger Warnings: Explicit language, explicit sex scenes, alcohol consumption, misogyny, image-based sexual abuse
The best things in life are secret… but does that include relationships?
Rory is the daughter of Paul Fisher, a hall-of-fame baseball player and current field manager for the New York Stars. Through her time around the team, she’s surrounded herself with incredible friends, but only she knows about the feelings she harbors for her best friend’s brother, Cole Pierce… who also happens to be the Stars’ shortstop.
Cole has been entranced by Rory Fisher since their first meeting more than three years ago. All he wants is her, but thanks to his field manager’s rules, he’s had to keep those feelings to himself.
In the wake of a moment after the World Series, Rory and Cole finally give in to their temptation. They only have one her father can’t find out.
But when Paul comes to Cole with a request, they realize just how difficult this is going to be. Can they keep their secret safe, or will they end up right on the restricted list?
Tropes: Friends to lovers, forbidden romance, secret relationship, best friend’s brother, found family, field manager’s daughter x shortstop, open door spice
Trigger Warnings: Explicit language, explicit sex scenes, alcohol consumption, parental abandonment
Hearts live by being wounded… but sometimes those wounds run deeper than the surface.
Olive Finch should be in the prime of her life at twenty-three. But after shutting herself off from everything and everyone for six years, she’s only just starting out. Trying to find her path, she starts teaching ballet lessons at her mother’s studio. It’s there she meets her student Sage, daughter of Lane Brooks, center fielder for the New York Stars.
Lane has never taken life too seriously… that is, until he finds out he got his one-night stand pregnant. As a single dad, he always puts his daughter first, but at thirty-two, he longs to give Sage a family and find someone to share his life with. After a chance meeting with a beautiful woman at a coffee shop, he’s practically ready to drop to one knee.
When they meet again, it isn’t as strangers. To Lane, it’s fate. And Olive can’t deny how much she enjoys having him around.
But when secrets kept and truths exposed leave them both reeling, it’s clear that trauma has become an unwelcome third wheel. Can they leave their respective pasts behind, or is just being the fielder’s choice not enough?
Tropes: Single Dad, Age Gap, Daughter’s Dance Teacher, Teach Me, Slow Burn, Boy Obsessed, Found Family, Reformed Playboy, Virgin FMC.
Trigger Warnings: Explicit Language, Explicit Sex Scenes, Alcohol Consumption, Sexual Assault (recounted on page..), Death Of Parents (recounted on page..), Death Of Grandparents (recounted on page, Depressive Episodes, On-Page Therapy Sessions, Infertility.
It’s always said that confidence is key… but sometimes, it’s nothing but a mask.
Lucia Torres has it all put together… or so everyone thinks. In reality, she’s breaking down after the failure of her last relationship. Add that to a looming promotion and rent she can’t afford, and Lucia is desperate to keep from falling apart. She just needs to start by finding a place to stay.
Ari Morgan has never had any interest in settling down, least of all with somebody like Lucia Torres. They may share a group of friends, but tensions between them have never been higher. When Lucia needs a place to stay, he offers to have her move in without a second thought. To them, it sounds like a disaster in the making.
An unexpected night together proves what their friends always knew: their chemistry is off the charts. Slowly, they start opening up, in and out of the bedroom.
But hiding only works for so long, and hidden truths are always revealed. Can they actually let each other in, or are their secrets going to send them into a force play?
Tropes: Dislike to Lovers, Forced Proximity, Roommates With Benefits, Black Cat FMC x Reformed Playboy MMC.
Trigger Warnings: Sexual content (and lots of it), Homophobia (not the MCs), Cheating (not the MCs), Mature themes and language.
Zhuri
What could possibly be worse than co-captaining a brand new NHL team with your sworn enemy?
Nothing. I can think of nothing worse than having to spend every day with Cameron Kovacic, the man I’ve loathed since we were eighteen. We’re entirely different people, but now we’re co-captains of the Colorado Comets, and working together seems like it’s going to be impossible.
But Cameron isn’t who I thought he was. He has so much more depth than the shallow man I knew before.
A friendship should be easy as long as we don’t get too close.
Cameron
Zhuri Hart has been the bane of my existence for a decade.
She’s always been an incredible hockey player, but off the ice, we can’t actually get along… until we do. It turns out Zhuri is far more incredible than I ever gave her credit for, and I’m falling for her before I even realize what’s happening.
Being together is against our contracts, though. With our hearts and careers on the line, this becomes about so much more than sharing our home ice…
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Teammates, Forbidden Romance, Found Family, Center x Left Winger, Slow Burn, Mental Health Rep.
Trigger Warnings: Sexual content (and lots of it), On Page Alcohol Consumption, Mentions of Racism, On Page Depressive Episodes, Mature themes and language.