Splintered Hearts Series by Sophie Quinn

Noah Rich. Confident. Thriving.That was me right up until my father walked in on me and a one-night stand and yeeted me out of our family home. So, things are going amazingly well as you can see. Now I'm sleeping on my best friend's couch, dodging his boyfriend's glares, and pretending this is all part of the Noah Gaitlin five year plan.Then I find the perfect room to rent... moreNoah Rich. Confident. Thriving.That was me right up until my father walked in on me and a one-night stand and yeeted me out of our family home. So, things are going amazingly well as you can see. Now I'm sleeping on my best friend's couch, dodging his boyfriend's glares, and pretending this is all part of the Noah Gaitlin five year plan.Then I find the perfect room to rent. It sounds too good to be true and comes with a roommate who looks like the tattooed bad decisions I read about in my romance novels. Jamie is quiet, broody, and built like sin. He also gives "emotionally unavailable with a tragic backstory" vibes. Apparently, this is my new type. My best friend warns me Jamie is trouble. A neon red flag flapping right in my face.And he's right, Jamie is trouble.The problem?So am I.The spark between us could set the kitchen on fire. I know he feels it. He knows I know he feels it. I'm pretty sure the walls around us can feel it.My best friend says this will end badly. He's probably right.But has that ever stopped me before?Exactly. Jamie When my best friend packed up to move in with his boyfriend, he left me alone in an empty apartment I never wanted to fill. I hate change. I tell myself that finding someone is impossible. It's easier than admitting I don't want my friend to leave. Everyone is moving on with their life. I feel stuck.Then Noah walks into my life.One look and I know I'm offering him the room. It's a mistake. Noah is too bright. Too warm. Too . . . him. And just like that I blurt the offer for the vacant room before I can stop the words out of my mouth. And just like that, he's in my space with his romance novels, insane shirts, and bright green eyes. Somehow, he slips past every wall I spent years building out of grief and habit.He shouldn't get to me. I shouldn't want him this much. Noah has a way of finding the splintered pieces I've hidden and holding them in his hands like they're worth something.Like I'm worth something. The thing about old habits is, they don't die. They wait. When my past comes back to haunt me and the demons in my mind start to shadow me, I don't know if I'm strong enough to defeat them. They've taken everything from me before, and I don't know if I'm strong enough to stop them now. Wanting Noah is easy.Keeping him . . . that's the part that might break me. Splintered Hearts is an 18+ spicy grumpy sunshine romance about a hopeless romantic bookworm trying to rebuild his life and the tattooed introvert who swore he was done with love until him. less

Twisted Minds is the prequel to Splintered Hearts taking place three years prior. While this is a prequel, it is best enjoyed in release order to avoid spoilers. MarkStay focused. Work on your video game. Stay out of trouble.All three of those things shatter into oblivion over the summer. I am the king of bad decisions and the one I made when I started hanging out with Derrick and his crew is the dumbest. Now I’m trying to keep my head above water and fix the mess I made... moreTwisted Minds is the prequel to Splintered Hearts taking place three years prior. While this is a prequel, it is best enjoyed in release order to avoid spoilers. MarkStay focused. Work on your video game. Stay out of trouble.All three of those things shatter into oblivion over the summer. I am the king of bad decisions and the one I made when I started hanging out with Derrick and his crew is the dumbest. Now I’m trying to keep my head above water and fix the mess I made. He holds my fate in his hands, but then he comes to me with a proposition. One last task, and then I’m free.Date the hockey captain and destroy his heart.I agree because it will give me more time to catch him in his lies. I know I didn’t commit the crime he’s accused me of. He’s responsible somehow. I know it. I just need evidence. I need time. This is the way to get it. Besides, it’s not like this hockey jock will even want me.But. . . then he does.Hunter is unlike anyone I’ve ever met. I don’t know what to do with his kindness, the sweet looks he gives, and the patient way he handles me. What I don’t expect is to fall for him. Hard. I have to get out of this. I need help but I only have myself to blame. When secrets come to light my world implodes. I need to fix this for good. I need to stop Derrick.Or risk losing the best thing that has ever happened to me forever.HunterLife is suffocating me. I’m taking care of my best friend after a horrific accident changed all our lives. School and hockey won’t let me breathe. I’m being pulled in all different directions trying to stay afloat for everyone around me. Sometimes it feels like I want to scream. After a fight, my friend Sawyer ends up with him in jail and me stranded at his dorm with nowhere to go. I think everything is finally closing in around me.Then I meet MarkAs I sink down into misery in front of a vending machine on his dorm room floor, he offers me some food and a place to sleep until I can get my friend out of jail. He’s kind of awkward, adorably so and yeah maybe he drools a bit in his sleep. There’s something about him that breathes life into me for the first time in nearly a year. I love his feisty attitude and the way he lights up talking about video games. There’s something between us that first night we meet, and I can’t stop thinking about him. For the first time in so long it’s like I can breathe again.Things are starting to look up and I start to trust again for the first time in a while. Even when I’m a little bit wary of his ex-friends with benefits now turned best friend Noah who is the most outrageous person I’ve ever met. The more time we spend, the deeper I fall for him. Maybe this is it, I’ve finally found my happily ever after.People start to talk though, and Mark seems like he’s hiding something. When secrets come to light, I can’t believe the mess I’ve gotten myself into. There is no coming back from this.So much for happily ever after.Twisted Minds is an 18+ MM college romance featuring a gamer and hockey captain. You can expect sweet moments, spice, and angst as these characters fall in love. less

BoDo you know what it’s like being in love with your straight best friend for most of your life? Well, if you guessed it sucks, then ding ding ding, you’d be correct.For most of my life it’s been my best friend Cam and me against the world. I thought I had made peace with being in love with my very straight best friend. As long as I have Cam in my life, everything is perfect.Then he kisses me.I don’t know what to do. Everything is messed up... moreBoDo you know what it’s like being in love with your straight best friend for most of your life? Well, if you guessed it sucks, then ding ding ding, you’d be correct.For most of my life it’s been my best friend Cam and me against the world. I thought I had made peace with being in love with my very straight best friend. As long as I have Cam in my life, everything is perfect.Then he kisses me.I don’t know what to do. Everything is messed up. I feel like our friendship is slowly spiraling out of control. Cam insists he made a mistake. He’s just lonely. That’s all.So why can’t he stop?Why does he keep coming back to me?I’m living out a fantasy I’ve had since I even knew what love was. This should feel like a dream. Instead, I’m afraid it’s slowly going to turn into a nightmare.CamAfter another breakup I run to my best friend like I do every time I need comfort. It’s just how we are. It may seem odd to some how close we are, but it’s just us. There’s no Camden Almeida without Bowen Zhao. He’s everything to me. I refuse to mess up our relationship like I do in all my relationships.Then I kiss him.I don’t know why I did it. I'm so confused. I’ve never even looked at another man this way. I don’t know what’s happening. Why am I feeling like this now? One kiss changes everything. Maybe it’s because we’re so comfortable together. I don’t know. Soon our relationship is spiraling out of control. Jealousy, resentment, and bottled-up feelings threaten to derail our friendship. Things I’ve never felt before won’t stop surfacing, and I don’t know how to go back to before I kissed him.The thing is, I don’t think I want to. less