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Enter the Furnace

Hockey stars who play hard and love harder

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Meet the Pittsburgh Fury and the Pittsburgh Uprising — the fictional men's and women's hockey teams we all deserve. They share an arena nicknamed the Furnace and a fan chant that rattles the rafters. So "rise up" with the black and gold and melt into these stories where loyalty runs deep.

These are fast-paced, low-angst love stories, Pittsburgh-style. Save room for pierogis, cookie tables, found family, and a happily ever after every single time.

For fans of Sarina Bowen · Elle Kennedy · Helena Hunting

The Books

Meet the Roster

Pittsburgh's pros, on the ice and off. Read in any order — each book stands alone, and together they build the world.

"I laughed, I swooned, and I never wanted it to end."
— Reader Review
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Playing for Keeps

Gunnar & Emerson · A Vegas Wedding Romance

She came to Vegas to escape a controlling father and a future she never chose. He came to Vegas to celebrate his pro debut. Neither of them came to get married — but the rings are real, the marriage certificate is real, and so is the way he can't stop looking at her. A rookie goalie who falls fast. A cellist who's never picked anything for herself. And one chance to choose, for keeps.

  • Vegas Wedding
  • Marriage of Convenience
  • He Falls First
  • Curvy Heroine
  • "Take What You Need"
  • Found Family
"I really loved how protective Gunnar was about Emerson, but not in an overly obsessive way. He's just a good guy who wants to take care of her and all of her needs." — smilingbecs

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Playing for Payback

Alder & Lena · A Revenge Romance

When Alder's boyfriend makes out with the team dentist's boyfriend on the Jumbotron at his playoff game, the humiliation is public, the rage is private, and the payback is going to be sweet. He's a bisexual defender done shrinking himself for someone who won't show up. She's a curvy trauma dentist done with the men who tell her she's not enough. Fake dating their way through scandal turns out to be a lot more dangerous than either of them planned.

  • Fake Dating
  • Revenge Plot
  • Workplace Romance
  • Bisexual Hero
  • Curvy Heroine
  • Forced Proximity
"Bi rep hockey player. Curvy trauma dentist. Revenge dating. Total opposites who only have one thing in common — awful exes." — M Blandon

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Playing with Fire

Tucker & Sloane · A Surprise Baby Romance

Tucker Stag was supposed to be a one-night spite-gasm. He was supposed to be anything but permanent. Then Sloane misses her period. He's the reckless party-boy enforcer everyone thinks they have figured out. She's his teammate's ex-wife, finally rebuilding her life on her own terms. He goes all in. She isn't ready to let anyone in. But this time, he isn't going anywhere.

  • Surprise Pregnancy
  • Teammate's Ex-Wife
  • Forbidden Romance
  • Reformed Playboy
  • "All In" Hero
  • Found Family
"Tucker is the last to fall, but wow does he ever fall hard for Sloane." — jen106

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Playing with Trouble

Howie & Ella · A Brother's Best Friend Romance

Bernard "Howie" Houser has spent his whole career proving he's not his disgraced father — partying just hard enough to keep the press distracted from the fact that he'd rather be home. Ella Ruckowski is a nurse extern crashing on her brother's couch while she studies for the NCLEX, trying not to make herself smaller than she already feels. She's not supposed to be his type. She's definitely not supposed to be sleeping with her brother's teammate. But Howie falls first, falls hard, and isn't letting her go without a fight.

  • Brother's Best Friend
  • Forbidden Romance
  • Forced Proximity
  • He Falls First
  • Plus-Size Heroine
  • Party Boy with Depth

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Playing it Safe

Cameron & Briar · A Fake Dating Romance

Cameron "Mayhem" Miller is the Fury's enforcer — six-foot-five, covered in tattoos his teammates can't see, secretly the most well-read guy in the locker room. Briar "BB" Beckett is the Uprising's veteran forward, an Olympic gold medalist with a younger sister she'd give up everything to protect, and an ex-husband who taught her to apologize for her body. They meet in their sports psychologist's waiting room. They're both done being told who they're supposed to be. And when water damage forces Cameron into her spare bedroom for the rest of the season, "fake dating" stops being the wildest thing they've ever done.

  • Fake Dating
  • Friends with Benefits
  • Forced Cohabitation
  • Misunderstood Enforcer
  • Veteran Heroine
  • The Cat Approves

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An Overtime Treat

Lit for Him

A spicy Hanukkah novella — Brian & Noa

Lit for Him by Lainey Davis — book cover

When a snowstorm strands sports agent Brian Klein in a charming Pittsburgh bookshop, he fears his Hanukkah is ruined. But curvy bookshop owner Noa Bishop has a smile brighter than any blackout, a spare fuzzy sweater, and a soft spot for silver-haired strangers with too many phone notifications. The blizzard knocks out the power. The night lights up. And when the skies clear, the agent who never stays still has to decide whether the one woman who finally got him to slow down is worth completely rebuilding his life.

  • Snowed In
  • Holiday Romance
  • Jewish Representation
  • Age Gap
  • Grumpy / Sunshine
  • Insta-Love
  • Curvy Heroine
  • No Third-Act Breakup
"Spicy Jewish holiday romance, short, sweet, to the point, and no third-act breakup." — ashstonekingmiller
"Brian Klein (workaholic sports agent) gets stranded in a bookshop during a snowstorm with the curvy and fun Noa Bishop (bookshop owner). From there things get pretty hot and heavy." — Thatbeccagirl_reads

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🎙️ Narrated by Carly Robbins & William DeMeritt

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New to Pittsburgh? Lit for Him is a cozy, low-stakes way in. Snowed-in cocoa, latkes, and one of the warmest meet-cutes you'll read all year.

Lainey Davis in a vintage Pittsburgh Penguins jersey

Lifelong Pittsburgh fan, in the jersey to prove it.

Hi, I'm Lainey.

I've been a Pittsburgh hockey fan since I was old enough to understand what offsides means, and I write the kind of love stories I want to read — funny, swoony, sometimes a little weepy, always ending with the people you've come to love getting the happily ever after they've earned.

The Pittsburgh Fury and Uprising are fictional. The city they play in is the real Pittsburgh I love — pierogis, three rivers, cookie tables at weddings, and a stubborn, generous community that shows up for its own.

One day Pittsburgh will get a real pro women's hockey team. Until then, the Uprising plays here.

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