Book 01 · Open door
Short Side
An exacting RA and Grafton's lacrosse captain turn an off-the-books arrangement into a dangerous reason to keep circling each other.
College sports romance
Grafton University
Three programs share one campus. Each dual-POV lacrosse or hockey romance follows a different couple. Free shorts from the same campus live on this site.
After the Whistle · After the Draw · After the Horn · Free stories
After the Whistle
Dual-POV college sports romance inside Grafton's men's lacrosse program, with a different couple in each book. Found-family teammates trade sharp banter, and the heat stays on the page.
Start with Short Side. Books below are in reading order.
Book 02 · Open door
Fast Hands
A loud face-off specialist stops performing for the campus broadcaster who hears what lives beneath every silence.
Book 03 · Open door
Man Down
Grafton's senior goalie falls for the coach's daughter, risking the bond and final season that shaped him.
Book 04 · Open door
Man Up
A lacrosse filmmaker finds the girl he lost two years ago grading the seminar papers he cannot write.
Book 05 · Open door
Sacred Ground
She reads the game better than anyone; Grafton's captain must decide whether to let her read him too.
After the Draw
Dual-POV college sports romance on the Grafton women's side of the shared field house. Each book brings a new couple and its own banner fight inside the same building.
Start with Draw Control. Books below are in reading order.
Book 01 · Open door
Draw Control
With one lacrosse program facing elimination, Grafton's draw specialist must beat the man she lets win in the dark.
Book 02 · Open door
Free Position
Grafton's eight-meter assassin meets the rival attacker who reads her lowest number and keeps watching.
Book 03 · Open door
The Crease
Grafton's goalie trusts the cage and the count, and the man who lost the right to call her Saint keeps proving he will stay.
Book 04 · Open door
Shooting Space
A cover defender chasing Grafton's first women's banner meets a grad-transfer father who stopped letting himself want anything that could leave.
After the Horn
Dual-POV college hockey romance at the Barn, where the women's hockey program fights for every hour of ice. She is the player in every book. Each book follows a different couple, with the heat on the page.
Start with Late Ice. Books below are in reading order.
Book 01 · Open door
Late Ice
Grafton's women's hockey captain and the rink scheduler taking her hours start showing up early to fight in person.
Book 02 · Open door
Soft Catch
A guarded senior goalie and an early-morning figure skater share unscheduled ice before the building wakes.
Book 03 · Open door
Slow Whistle
Two seasons of closing shifts and traded playlists between a senior defender and the rink's plant tech break open on a road-trip favor.
Book 04 · Open door
Full Stride
With one season left on her career clock, the fastest player on the ice falls for a patient youth coach who lets her set the pace.
Back to Grafton.
Read three free short stories set on campus.
Cole Marchetti & Lucy Castillo
August 14
They picked the date in May. Now Cole waits in Nonna's kitchen with the sauce on low while a jackknifed trailer holds Lucy on the road.
Best after Short Side · Open door
Riley Callahan & Nate Doherty
The Dedication
The university is putting her father's name on the building.
Best after Man Down · Open door
Jonah Adler & Dani · Cooper POV
The Belt Thing
A dying serpentine belt and a Hargrove parking sticker lead to a secret gravel lot on Route 6.
Best after Free Position · Closed door
Optional extras, best read after the related novels. Reader notes & all stories