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When a wrong number lands in Eli’s inbox, he expects an awkward apology—not a conversation he can’t stop replaying. Eli likes his world quiet and controlled: sketchbook closed, feelings filed away, talent kept safely off the radar. But Nico is the kind of confident that doesn’t feel like pressure—it feels like permission. One late-night text turns into a routine. A joke becomes a lifeline. And before Eli can talk himself out of it, Nico dares him to do one terrifying thing: submit his art anonymously for the school showcase. “Anonymous is easier,” Nico says. Eli agrees. ...

In the wrestling room, control is everything. For Mark, control is survival. A scholarship wrestler with a reputation for precision and discipline, he’s built his entire future on routines, rankings, and never letting anything—especially desire—get in the way. For Patrick, control has never come easily. He wrestles on instinct and intensity, a natural talent with a reputation for chaos. Coaches love his results—but never quite trust him. When a coaching shakeup forces the two rivals into a mandatory training partnership, sparks fly. Their styles clash. Their tempers flare. And the ...

Book 1 in the Under the Lights series. One kick can turn a season into a sentence. Kier Vale came to college football to be reliable—the quiet specialist who does his job, takes his wins, and disappears into the background. But when a rivalry game ends on a miss that goes viral, Kier becomes the program’s favorite scapegoat… and the internet’s newest punchline. Malik Grant is the defensive captain—the enforcer, the future pro, the guy who’s supposed to keep the locker room locked in and unshakable. When the team turns on Kier, Malik does the one thing leaders aren’t “...

Wrenched: Part 1 of a 3-part series Beau likes things simple: engines, grease, and silence. The garage is his world, and he doesn’t let anyone in. Not anymore. Jesse is a stranger in town—clean-cut, quiet, and clearly running from something. He’s never worked a day with his hands, but desperation puts him in Beau’s path. They’re nothing alike. Beau is older, rough, and built from scars. Jesse is younger, lost, and hiding truths he can’t say out loud. But long hours in the shop turn into something more. A touch that lingers. A look that burns. A connection neither man expected. ...

Hammered: Part 2 of a 3-part series Months after walking away, Jesse is back—bruised, broke, and out of options. Beau never thought he’d see him again, but the moment Jesse steps into his garage, all that anger turns to something hotter. They’re not the same men they were before. The walls are higher. The trust is thinner. And the pull between them is still dangerous. Beau wants to keep control. Jesse wants to prove he’s not the kid who ran. But jealousy, rivalry, and old wounds push them to their breaking point—until every fight ends the same way: with hands, mouths, and hearts ...

Coach Harris built Titan Mat Club into a program that didn’t just win—it held people together. Now he’s in the ICU, the room is watching, and his son is the one standing on the edge of the mat with a whistle he never wanted. Evan Harris knows wrestling. He knows safety. He knows systems. What he doesn’t know is how to replace a legend’s presence with something that feels real—especially when boosters, parents, and rivals start circling with the same word on their tongues: stability. Then Mateo “Teo” Santos walks in like he owns oxygen. Teo is loud, fearless, and impossible ...

He’s the sport’s “safe” star—clean image, pretty girlfriend, sponsors who love him. I’m the out fighter everyone treats like a headline. When a sparring clip goes viral, the promoter sells it as a grudge: bad blood, big mouths, fight-night fireworks. We play our parts in public—until the thing we’re pretending to hate turns into the only place either of us can breathe. But he can only want me in the dark. And I’m done being anyone’s secret. BELOW THE BELT is a steamy MM boxing romance packed with rivals-to-lovers tension, a forced “bad blood” storyline, secret ...

They’ve been torn apart. They’ve been reforged. Now it’s time to decide what lasts. After everything they’ve survived, Beau and Jesse are done living halfway lives. This time, they’re not rebuilding someone else’s dream—they’re building their own. A new garage. Shared risk. No safety nets. But starting over means confronting what they’ve been avoiding: fear of permanence, scars that never fully healed, and the terrifying truth that loving someone for real leaves no room to run. As pressure mounts and the past threatens to crack their foundation, Beau and Jesse must finally...

They were never supposed to fall for each other. But when the tension breaks, everything changes. Logan Shaw is a veteran defenseman nearing the end of his career. Quiet. Disciplined. Deep in the closet. Getting traded mid-season is the last thing he needs — especially to a struggling team with a cocky top scorer who plays too hard and talks too much. Jamie Torres is the Hawks’ golden boy. Fast on the ice, bold off it, and unapologetically out. He’s used to the spotlight… and to people leaving when things get real. They hate each other. Until one late-night room mix-up leads to a ...

One hit changed everything. One choice made it impossible to go back. Evan Mercer has built his career on control—on playing clean, staying composed, and never giving the league a reason to doubt him. Liam Kade has never learned how to play small, on or off the field. When their rivalry explodes during a brutal season opener, the league forces them into close quarters neither of them wants… or can escape. What begins as hostility turns dangerous. What turns dangerous becomes undeniable. As chemistry ignites under the glare of media scrutiny and pro scouts, Evan retreats behind ...

Wildcard partners Kai Rivera—the loose-limbed showman with a glitter tin in his gym bag—and Reid Dalton—the notebook-wielding strategist who treats wind like math—reunite for one last tournament to save their careers. A housing mix-up leaves them with only one bed, and the chemistry they buried under bad endings and broken plays roars back to life. On center court they’re electric; off it, they’re a tangle of old scars and new rules: timeouts for language, hand-signals for fear, and a vow to choose the team over the cameras. Sponsors dangle safe money if Reid swaps partners. The...

When rising influencer Jesse Winters signs up for a televised charity boxing match, he’s expecting a few bruises, a good photo op, and maybe a new wave of followers. What he doesn’t expect is Shane Rivera—a gruff, no-bullshit trainer with rules, scars, and a jaw that could split granite. Six weeks. No flirting. No games. That’s the deal. But from the moment Jesse struts into Shane’s gym in tight joggers and a smirk, tension starts to simmer—and it’s not just about footwork. As the punches fly and the sweat drips, something real begins to take shape between them. Raw. Honest. ...

He came out to play rugby without fear. Now fear is chasing him off the pitch. Rory Hale is the Kings’ golden boy—superstar winger, fearless on the field, and the first player in the league to come out publicly. The world cheers his courage… and threatens to break him for it. When anonymous hate turns violent, the club assigns him a shadow: Connor O’Shea, ex-soldier, blunt and unshakable. Connor’s job is simple: keep Rory alive. No distractions. No mistakes. But Rory is everything Connor has spent years avoiding—bright, stubborn, magnetic. And the closer danger circles, the ...

Christmas Eve hits hard this year. A record-breaking blizzard rolls across northern Minnesota, whiteout conditions shutting down every highway, backroad, and town line. Jonas Hale, a snowplow operator built out of silence and stubborn loyalty, pulls his rig into the municipal works depot when visibility drops to zero. He expects to wait out the storm alone — the way he spends most holidays. Then Eli Mercer, a burned-out EMT on his way home from a double shift, limps into the depot with a busted ambulance, frozen fingers, and that same reckless heat Jonas has been trying to forget since ...

One night. One hitchhiker. One detour that changes everything. Luke's used to running—from failed relationships, from the wreckage of his career, from wanting too much and pretending he doesn’t. His life on the road is simple: no roots, no risks, no real connections. Until Noah. Stranded and sunburned on the side of a desert highway, Noah is smart-mouthed, observant, and far too intuitive for Luke’s comfort. What starts as a one-night offer of shelter turns into days of uneasy companionship, stolen glances, and quiet revelations. Luke doesn’t want to care. He definitely doesn’t ...

He calls the pitches. He calls his bluff. Veteran catcher Theo Morales has one job: make chaos look like strategy. New ace Jax Calder pitches like a lit match—electric, beautiful, and one mistake from burning it all down. When a blind item turns a routine road trip into a media circus, the franchise’s quiet captain and its loudest star are forced into a truce built on game plans, double-taps, and an unspoken I’ve got you. Winning in October takes boring, repeatable excellence. Wanting each other is anything but. Between hot mics, tunnel confrontations, and a hotel mix-up with one king...

When rival players Mason Holt and Luca Moretti face off on the pitch, sparks fly—and not just from their cleats. Mason’s all discipline and precision, the golden boy of American football. Luca? He’s Europe’s smirking, tattooed wildcard with something to prove. One blistering match and an accidental hookup later, they’re entangled in something far more dangerous than competition: attraction. But with a media storm brewing, team loyalties pulling them apart, and a season-defining game on the horizon, keeping their relationship a secret is the only way to survive. Except secrets ...

A Working-Class Holiday Romance Former soldier Noah Briggs doesn’t do Christmas. Not the music, not the lights, not the memories that hit too hard. He keeps his head down as the maintenance guy at the Maplewood Community Center—fixing what’s broken, avoiding what hurts. Then Jamie Rivera arrives: the new volunteer coordinator with a scatter of freckles, an overworked clipboard, and enough Christmas spirit to power the entire town. When the center’s annual Christmas Eve dinner falls into chaos, Noah is assigned to help him pull it off. They clash. They flirt. They rebuild the event ...

A scorching, slow-burn age gap romance about one bratty tenant, one brooding architect, and the rules they can’t stop breaking. When twenty-two-year-old art student Finn lands an impossibly cheap room in a luxury condo, it seems too good to be true—and it is. The space comes with strict rules, shared mornings, and one very intense live-in landlord. Reid Harper is everything Finn shouldn’t want: older, cold, controlled… and devastatingly irresistible. What starts as simmering tension explodes into something dirty, tender, and dangerously addictive. In Reid’s arms, Finn finds more ...

He came to build a gym. He didn’t expect to find something worth holding onto. When Jace Monroe moves to a small town to open The Wall, a queer-friendly climbing gym, he knows it won’t be easy. The space is half-finished, the locals are wary, and his own past has a way of catching up faster than he can outrun it. Then he meets Eli: quiet, steady, and impossibly skilled with both tools and silences. The local carpenter doesn’t talk much, but he shows up. Again and again. As Jace pours himself into the gym and Eli becomes something more than just hired help, the two of them build more ...