I never looked back the day I left Sunset Drive. If I did, I knew that I would never leave the hellhole I had grown to despise, a place I began plotting my escape from as a child.The only difference was that I always thought she'd be by my side on the day I was finally free.The day I left it all behind was the day my hatred for the entire Wilson family was born. Poppy included. After all, she had lied to the police just to protect her monstrous father after...

An entire campus knows my name.Women throw themselves at me, hoping I'll take them home that night. Whispers from the NHL say I'm the one to watch. And the weight of each game is on my shoulders because if our opposing team scores… that's on me. All the things that keep me up at night are probably someone else's dreams.From the moment I saw Ryann Denver in my Business 101 class, I was intrigued and determined to get to know her. Unlike most girls at Brooks,...

Known as the NHL’s grumpiest player, it’s obvious that I’ve always made it a point not to get to know anyone outside of my family or my team. After losing my dad as a kid, I never wanted to put myself at risk of feeling that kind of loss ever again. And it’s been easy to go through life this way—closed off. At least . . . until I'm forced to volunteer at a youth hockey clinic.When I see Cash Hale take the ice, I know right away that he’s different than most players his age. And whe...

Angry. Wild. Loose cannon.As one of college hockey's most feared defensemen, I've been told I'm all those things and more. The ice is the only place where I can take my anger out on other people and get applauded for it. The rougher I play, the dirtier I am, the more praise I get.I suppose the same could be said about me in the bedroom. I'm not the dude you want your daughter bringing home to meet you. Because your angel? Well, I'll make sure her halo is cr...

The balance between good and evil is impossible to maintain when neither exist anymore . . .We've been fed lies all of our lives, so now it's up to me and the rest of my team to uncover the truth.But while my heart is pulling me in one direction, my mind and my duty to the world are tugging me in the opposite.

We entered hell with the intention of bringing Wade back together, but we should have known that hell would have other plans . . .Captured and alone in a place that looks like it was pulled straight out of a medieval movie, I'm desperate to get back to The Guild and my family. But not before getting what I came here for: Wade.Hell might not be all fire and brimstone like I had imagined it to be, but sometimes reality is worse. Way worse. The members of Six ...

Bloomsbury presents Cuddy by Benjamin Myers, read by Colin Mace, Hannah Barrie, Jimmy Chisholm, Rowena Gray and Samuel Edward Cook.**Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2023****Chosen as a book to watch out for in 2023 by The Times, Observer, Guardian, Irish Times and Scotsman**'It’s a testament to the cast of five that they manage to unite these apparently disparate elements. The effect as each story gives way to the next is one of history ebbing and flowing, of in...

Dane Wade is a breath of fresh air.Sexy, charming, and with abs that could melt any woman's panties. With my rules and boundaries in place, he is the perfect person to have fun with to pass the time. As long as he knows it will never amount to anything more. Which he does…I think.But then boundaries get shattered. Lines get blurred. I know it's time to bolt before things get harder, and I risk falling deeper. Running away is the only thing I know how to do....

I never imagined that one night could end the friendship Beau Bishop and I'd had since birth and sever all ties between our families.Especially when less than an hour prior to that tragic accident at the racetrack that night, he had confessed his love to me under the bleachers. A bond I'd thought could never be broken was smashed to smithereens in an instant.He left Alabama, hightailing it to Florida without so much as a goodbye.Two years later, we ...

Everyone always says the best way to get over someone is to get under somebody else.Well, I guess I've never been one to believe it. Cheated on by my football-star boyfriend and betrayed by my closest friend, I'm not looking for yet another chance to get hurt.Kye Collins isn't just a guy. He's the guy. A star on a D1 football team. The owner of a panty-melting smile and abs that'll have you fanning yourself and tingling in places you shouldn't. Oh…...

As a single father, I often feel like the weight of the world sits on my shoulders. When my daughter’s nanny gives me her two weeks’ notice, I’m sweating bullets. Fear that my NHL season with the New England Bay Sharks could be derailed consumes me.Finding a replacement seems impossible when, suddenly, Maci McKenzie—a struggling author who’s running from some deep, dark secret in her past—steps into the picture. She needs a change of scenery to help her write, and I just need someo...

Puck boy? I'll take it. Heck, I've been called a lot worse.Good time? You know it. Just ask anyone at Brooks University.From a young age, the only thing in life I've ever taken seriously is hockey. I'm not the guy anyone—besides family and teammates—can count on. This is all true. At least, until a certain curly-haired, blue-eyed goddess comes to me looking for an easy hookup. And hook her up I do.But what's supposed to be a one-night stand doesn't ...