Mandi Beck

They say age doesn't matter. I could argue that it does. The ten years separating Stella Cruz and I matter a whole hell of a lot. She has a year of college left—two entire semesters to enjoy being the star pitcher of Fulton University—and I have another Cup to win. Hockey leaves no room for...

The first rule at Hockey House? Don't touch the Sexton twins. Correction: don't even look at them. But if doesn't happen at Hockey House, is it still breaking the rules? Maeve Sexton is off-limits. But her last name is the least of my problems. Not only is she my best friend's little sister, but...

"A rock star with no rhythm is a man with no soul." - Stone Lockhart As the lead singer of one of the hottest bands to hit the rock scene, f--ks are free, drugs come easy, and music is life. For as long as Stone can remember, Willow has been his music - the notes that weave his soul together...

Sweater Weather [swet-er weth-er] Noun: A slang term meaning hockey season used exclusively by the Fulton University hockey team and their fans. Saffron Briggs—Fulton University's newest pitcher—hates me. I shouldn't like that fact, but I do. Maybe too much. She claims I'm not her type...

Love. It's my name. It's what I fight for. It's Frankie. I'm a fighter. Trained to always keep my cover. To anticipate, see the next hit coming. I never expected her past to come at us swinging like it has. I'm about to take on two of the most important fights of my life. My girl and the belt. I...

Even when she won't fight for us, I'll go to war for her.... Inside the Octagon, I have no fear. I'm at home, in my element, inflicting pain onto men trained to hurt me just as badly. Making them submit, knocking them out, maiming them, because it's them or me. And I choose them. Outside the...

Country’s hottest bad boy. That’s what they call me. My label ate it up until I became “too bad” for the good folks of country music. That’s when Hard Candy Records picked me up and took a chance on me....