Cross-Checked Hearts

LOGAN

She was always off-limits. My best friend’s little sister. The girl I was never supposed to touch—let alone fall for. But Isla Matthews was never just a kid to me. We were friends... until one summer changed everything. Stolen kisses. Hidden glances. Promises we were too young to keep. Then I left for college without even saying goodbye.

Now, she’s standing on my doorstep, all grown up and impossible to ignore. We’re roommates. One house. One bed down the hall. And way too many feelings I thought I buried for good. Hockey is still my future. But Isla? She just might be my heart.

ISLA

Logan Knight. My brother’s best friend. The boy I’ve loved since I was old enough to understand what heartbreak felt like. After he left, I told myself I was over him. Until I moved in... and realized I never really was.

Living together was supposed to be temporary, but there’s nothing temporary about the way he looks at me now. Or the way I still fall for him, over and over again. We said it would never happen. We said we’d keep it a secret. But secrets like this? They can only be kept for so long…