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Alecia Monroe is bubbly, competitive, and has a flair for big ideas. Garrett, her charming, sporty office crush, loves three things. Spreadsheets, Pilot Precise V5 pens, and pickleball. So when the cute blond in the office next to his suggests a weekly company pickleball night, Alecia does what any rational woman would do.

I boarded Dreamboat Cruises expecting sunshine, cocktails, and girl time. My roommate bailing at the last minute felt like a win. Until I opened my cabin door and found a very confused, very shirtless stranger already unpacking.

My friends say I have a problem. Not with dating, with breaking up. I stay with the wrong men for years because I’m too nice to be the one who ends things. So when we board a cruise along the coast of Croatia, they stage an intervention. Their solution? I have seven days to have a vacation fling and prove I can end it. Before I can refuse, they’ve announced the challenge to the cruise director and the handsome stranger at the next table volunteers as tribute. There’s only one problem. Noah has never been in a relationship. Not once. So I break things off early, but he isn't having it.

Talk about mixed doubles... Justin's ex is on the executive team for the pickleball tournament series he’s hosting. And she’s bringing her new celebrity boyfriend on the tour. He needs a doubles partner off the court—stat. Enter Sam: prickly, private, and the last person you’d expect to agree to fake date anyone. But she’s got a killer poker face, a solid paddle grip, and zero interest in real romance. Which makes her the perfect fake girlfriend. The plan? Keep it casual. Fake some chemistry. Win the tournament—and the breakup optics.

Mikah Kade never wanted the Kade empire or the corruption rotting at its core. After years buried in government secrets in D.C., he’s finally home to claim what was always meant to be his: his land, his pack, and Gracie. But Gracie is no longer free. She’s been politically bound to the one man Mikah hates more than death. Gregor Kade. His father. The High Alpha. As Mikah digs deeper, he uncovers an empire built on council corruption and the brutal control of omegas.

She should've known she was playing with fire. Rachel never teaches outside of her pickleball club, but when a determined eight-year-old walks in wanting lessons, she makes a mistake. His dad, Jake, won't commit to their schedule, plus the fitness app she works for is desperate for competitive content.

I came to Douglas University for a fresh start—for hockey games, new friends, and a life free from tangled family drama. But then I saw him. Chase Wilson. My stepbrother. The boy I loved before I knew better. He left six years ago and I hadn't seen or heard from him. Now he’s back—as the university’s newest assistant hockey coach. Older. Sharper. Completely off-limits for obvious reasons. When the team’s grades threaten their season, the school assigns me as their academic tutor—and Chase’s only shot at saving his career.

The only thing worse than crossing the line is wanting to…Living with my boyfriend Logan should have been everything I wanted—until I realized his best friend, Rob Thompson, came with the deal. Rob and I are like oil and water, fire and gasoline, sworn enemies under one roof. When Logan got selected for World Juniors in Germany, I thought I’d get a reprieve. I could handle the quiet loneliness of his absence. What I couldn’t handle was Rob.

Crystal knew that getting tangled up with Logan was a bad idea. Last year he broke her best friend’s heart. But with both her friends in love and Logan back to skate for the Blizzard, they were both misfits. Their relationship was never meant to be more than a secret fling. But secrets don’t stay buried forever. When one of Crystal’s art pieces is picked up by a prestigious curator, she has one shot to make a name for herself before graduation—but only if she can focus long enough to submit new work.

Spending a month on "Love Island" for wolf shifters is not my idea of a good time. I’m about to start my second year of law school, and instead of banking hours at a coveted internship, I’m stuck sipping pina coladas on a white sand beach in the middle of the Caribbean. Okay, yeah. I hear how that sounds. But hear me out. The whole point of this island? It’s a glorified dating show. I have to spend each night with a new, single, testosterone-fueled alpha in a private beach hut because the Council of Wolves believes mating bonds are on the fritz.

Based on first impressions, I'm the last person Ryan should hire as a nanny for the summer. With his grumpy, judgmental attitude, plus the fact that he looks annoyingly good in T-shirts, I shouldn't want the job. But since I'm fighting a custody battle and he's desperate, plus the fact that our girls are best friends, I took his offer.

After a string of bad relationships and a canceled graduation trip, Bobbi gives up and heads home for Christmas. Despite the magnetic pull of holiday lights and hot cocoa in the square, she’s still solidly committed to landing her dream film internship in LA and putting any distractions decidedly in the slush pile. Ben, a highly sought-after ski instructor—and Bobbi’s first kiss—is back in Sugar Creek for one reason and one reason only: to spend one last Christmas with his mom before she loses her battle with ALS.

The wildfire isn’t the only thing burning out of control… I thought sneaking past the barricades to track my rogue sister in the wilderness was my biggest challenge but I had no idea what I was getting into. Turns out, my sister isn’t just rogue. She’s tangled up with a group that is steeped in conspiracy, with ties to dark magic and forbidden relics that could unravel the balance between shifters and humans. And members of my pack knew about it. I have no choice but to stay with a group of wildland firefighters.

Fate takes a slap shot at Emma's heart when she finds a driver's license outside a grocery store belonging to none other than Tyler Bowen: the center for her brother's hockey team with looks that scream "plenty of scoring off the ice". Her overprotective brother warns her to stay away, but after a particularly patronizing comment, Emma decides to break free from the defense. Sean has always tried to control her relationships, and at 29, she's had enough.

Known for his stick-handling as much as for wrangling cattle on his family's ranch, Country Maddox becomes an overnight sensation with his viral hot takes on hockey highlights. But when he's invited to join Hockey Evening in Canada as a guest announcer, he's about to go stick to stick with the one adversary he can't outskate: his own failed love life.

I’ve spent four years loving Sean Thompson. But lately, I can feel him slipping through my fingers. He’s the captain of the Snowballs, a legend on the ice, and closing in on the end of his career whether he’s ready to admit it or not. I want a future—marriage, a family, a home. We always thought we’d build that in Calgary, but now my father’s health is failing, and I need to go home. Not just for a visit—for good. But every time I bring it up, he acts like we haven’t spent every Sunday dinner at his parents' house for our entire relationship.

The Great One. 1’s on the Enneagram. Beyonce’s first solo album. And relationships? “One night only” seems to be my preferred status. I’m sure a therapist would have opinions, but I boil it down to this: my schedule is slammed as a pharma rep, and I get bored easily. And I might only be attracted to F-boys. So, imagine my momentary psychotic break when I come face-to-face with the one hockey player I broke my unofficial rule for. While being treated in urgent care.

I thought my nightmare was over. I was dead wrong. I was sure I did the right thing by trying to take the relic dagger from Nathan Black, but it turns out, I was walking right into his trap for my friend Evelyn. Now Nathan’s gone, but he used the dagger to mark my skin before Rowan defeated him as alpha. Even though I’m home safe, the wound won’t heal, and my life is unraveling.

Jack Harrison's NHL dreams were shattered in a clash with coaches, leaving him playing for an Elite League team in his hometown of Calgary, Alberta. But life throws him a power play: a chance to join the Calgary Flames during an illness outbreak. Suddenly, Jack's back in the spotlight, and after scoring on one of the leagues best goalies, Canada is rallying for him to stay put.

When Brett's hockey dreams slide onto thin ice after a nasty ACL tear last season, he's left clutching the boards. Used to relying on physical hustle to keep his past addiction demons at bay, he's desperate to get back in the game. But with physical therapy slots filling up faster than a slapshot, he's on the verge of being shut out.