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Weekly Spotlight
May 9, 2025
I never questioned who I was. Until him.
Niall
I don’t do complicated. As captain of Michigan U’s hockey team, my focus is on the game, not on the charming transfer student who landed in my apartment and upended my routine. Eli shouldn’t get under my skin, but he does—with his easy smiles, his late-night cooking, and the way he looks at me like I’m something more than just a hockey player.
I kissed him once. I shouldn’t have. But for one reckless moment, I let myself want. Now he’s looking at me like he’s waiting for something—something I don’t know how to give.
Because wanting Eli is dangerous. And letting him in? That might be the biggest risk of all.
Eli
A fresh start—that’s what Michigan U was supposed to be. A clean break from my past, from the toxic relationship that made me forget who I was. I wasn’t looking for complications, but then I met grumpy, brooding, and frustratingly closed-off. He barely speaks to me, yet somehow, I can’t stop thinking about him.
Then he kissed me. And for a moment, I thought maybe—just maybe—there was something real between us. But now he’s acting like it never happened, and I’m stuck wondering if I was just a mistake.
I should let it go. I should move on. But the more I get to know Niall, the more I realize those walls aren’t just for keeping people out—they’re for keeping himself safe. And damn it, I think I want to be the one to break them down.
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Fast Break
by Aria Brennan
JT
Moving from a tiny country town to the big city is tough enough. Throw in the fact I’m smack bang in the middle of my senior year and let’s just say it’s been an adjustment. Making the Division 1 basketball team alongside my ultra-popular cousin certainly helps though. As does the fact all the girls seem to be looking my way twice. Sounds pretty good, right?
But here’s the thing. See, there’s also this guy. His name’s Quinn. I’m not sure what it is but there’s something about him and that something means I tend to look at him. Like, all the time. It may have something to do with the way he wears our school uniform that seems to make my mouth go dry.
Quinn is everything I’m not – super intelligent, effortlessly classy and on his way to law school. We have nothing in common, and I’m pretty sure he’s allergic to sport. Besides, he’s never even noticed me.
But then we’re paired up for a science project and I suddenly have his full attention. And his attention? Let’s just say it’s sending me places I have been trying really hard not to go.
I can’t be myself at home. But Quinn gives me a safe place to let me see who I really am. And he makes me want more. Makes me want him. Makes me want to risk everything. I want him to be mine – but am I ready for that?
Hot Neighbor Summer
by Casey Cox
Bailey
As if causing a scene on my front lawn with my lying, cheating scumbag of an ex wasn't bad enough, having to be rescued by my two giant, muscled, gorgeous neighbors makes it even more humiliating.
But I feel safe in their arms. Safer than I've ever felt. They seem like a happy couple and are probably just pitying the fool next door who gave his heart to the wrong person. Why would they need anyone else?
Duke
Racing over to help Bailey was a no-brainer. We'd always assist someone in need. But Bailey's not just anyone. He ignited something in Stellan and me the day we moved in next door.
Bailey was in a relationship then, and therefore strictly off-limits. But he's single now. Stellan is eager for us to pursue something with Bailey, but is Bailey even ready?
Stellan
There's something about Bailey that unlocks a part of me that desperately wants to care and protect someone. Duke is my best friend and soulmate, but as much as I love him, he doesn't need me in that way. And I know he has the same needs I have, the same desire to lavish love on someone that I do.
We realized years ago that a third person would make what we have truly perfect, the missing piece to our puzzle. Could Bailey be the one we've been waiting for all this time?
The Shapeshifter's Secretary
by Amy Padilla
All Tony wanted was a job that didn’t make his life harder. Being a temp should have made it easier, let him pick jobs that he was comfortable with, but bills needed to be paid and he didn’t have the luxury of turning jobs down. So when his boss offers him what sounds like the perfect job, he’s afraid to hope he’s finally found his place. After all, the job is only temporary. They wouldn’t want to keep someone like him. Right?
Taron was starting to think he was the problem. Why else would he have gone through three secretaries in a matter of weeks? Granted, he had issues staying put and he was known to make the occasional prank, but he wasn’t that bad! So after Avery goes out of his way to find someone know, Taron promised to behave. And when he meets the newest addition, he’s determined to keep that promise. Tony calls to him in a way no one else has before, and for once in his life, he wants to stay put. But when a past mistake starts looking in Tony’s direction, he realizes behaving might not be enough. Right?
Zephyr would admit to no one that he was still in love with his ex. So when there’s an opportunity to work with him, he makes up an excuse and pretends he’s only there for the project. Except Taron has his eyes on another, and it only took one conversation to figure out why. Tony is sweet and earnest, and in sore need to be taken care of. It wasn’t possible to have them both. Right?
No Kind Words
by JJ Harper
Out of sight, but not out of mind and heart.
His father kicked him out, warning him never to return.
His boyfriend shunned him, never getting in contact.
But Jethro is a fighter. He chases his dream of becoming a vet and makes a life for himself far away from the coast, though he’s never forgotten his boyfriend, whom he had to leave behind. No one can hold a candle to Benny.
Fifteen years later, a veterinary practice comes up for sale. It all looks perfect, apart from it being in Calston Cove. But he can’t forgo this opportunity and returns to his hometown.
What he doesn’t expect is that Benny is still living in the town where they grew up and fell in love.
Can they have a second chance at love, or stand bruised souls and wounded pride in the way of happiness?
May
by Nicole Pyland
Logan Luna has made a lot of mistakes in her life stemming from a gambling addiction. She’s been sublimating in other ways recently but doesn’t want to do that any longer. When she gets a job at a new bar in the city, she hopes it’s the start of something big, something that might help take her mind off of everything wrong with her life.
Rory Winter helps her friend with her new bar whenever she can, which is probably more often than she should because she has a full-time job and is also in grad school. She’s doing that because she doesn’t like to let people down, but there’s another reason why she spends all of her free time at the bar: a new, older, and very attractive bartender works there.
Rory doesn’t think Logan will ever look her way because Logan is out, gorgeous, and can have any woman she wants, while Rory is shy, studious, and isn’t out to everyone in her life yet.
Logan feels like she can be herself with Rory in a way she’s never felt before, and she can’t seem to stop talking to the younger woman whenever she stops by the bar.
They both have some things to work through, but for the first time, Rory can see herself falling in love and being more fully herself, and Logan begins to think about how good her life could be for the first time in a long time.
The Legend Next Door
by Jesse H Reign
