Courting Blizzards Series by Sasha Brennan

When your team’s future is on the line, falling for a teammate is the riskiest play of all. Amelia Preston, captain of her women’s basketball team in their debut professional season, carries both the team and her own impossible standards on her shoulders. Add a high-pressure career and overbearing parents, and she can’t afford to lose control – especially not to Keira Morgan. She could never jeopardise team dynamics by dating a teammate. Her anxiety wouldn’t take it... moreWhen your team’s future is on the line, falling for a teammate is the riskiest play of all. Amelia Preston, captain of her women’s basketball team in their debut professional season, carries both the team and her own impossible standards on her shoulders. Add a high-pressure career and overbearing parents, and she can’t afford to lose control – especially not to Keira Morgan. She could never jeopardise team dynamics by dating a teammate. Her anxiety wouldn’t take it. But with every incendiary contact on court, every little smirk, and rising changing room tension, Amelia finds it harder to keep putting the team above her heart. Keira Morgan returns to the UK with a singular focus: do whatever it takes to help her dad beat cancer. Her new job as a semi-professional basketball player keeps the lights on, but her probationary contract leaves her in a precarious position. One false step could land her on the bench, or worse. She can’t risk distractions throwing her off her game. However, after some late-night lifts home, interesting room assignments, and a Christmastime Ferris wheel ride, the team captain becomes the biggest distraction of them all. With the season unravelling, pressure from sponsors mount, and cracks begin to show. Amelia and Keira realise they’ve been playing with fire. They know some things are worth the burn, but their desire could burn it all to the ground. Full Court Crush is a contemporary sapphic friends-to-lovers sports romance filled with the highs and lows of professional sport, found family, and what it means to stand up for yourself and go after what you want. less

This make-or-break season, the thing most at risk of breaking is her heart. Sonia Munroe doesn’t know who she is without basketball, and she hasn’t got long to figure it out. Her plans to focus on herself are derailed when she’s introduced to Asha, the quiet point guard who can’t even meet her gaze. That’s fine. They don’t have to be friends. Except Sonia discovers Asha is facing a similar crossroads and feels just as lost... moreThis make-or-break season, the thing most at risk of breaking is her heart. Sonia Munroe doesn’t know who she is without basketball, and she hasn’t got long to figure it out. Her plans to focus on herself are derailed when she’s introduced to Asha, the quiet point guard who can’t even meet her gaze. That’s fine. They don’t have to be friends. Except Sonia discovers Asha is facing a similar crossroads and feels just as lost. Soon, their undeniable on-court chemistry pervades into their personal lives, and lines start to get blurred. Sonia can’t fall for her, though — she’s moving back to Canada at the end of the season. The only place Asha Bhamra feels like she belongs is with her dog, Iolo. Her confidence is further shaken when former WNBA player Sonia usurps her place in the starting line. Still, she makes an effort, for the sake of the team. She doesn’t expect Sonia to end up moving in next door, or to become her biggest cheerleader. Sensual painting lessons and incendiary one-on-one training open the path to something more than friendship, but Asha promised herself she’d never do long distance again. Their futures uncertain, their on-court chemistry fizzles out, leaving their historic season on the line. They must choose whether to play it safe, or risk it all for each other. Inside the Paint is a slow burn contemporary sapphic sports romance, with an autistic demisexual main character, found family, and letting people who care about you believe in you, even when you don’t believe in yourself. less