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Blurb:

Jamie Nguyen had one rule when she was dragged to that concert: Do. Not. Engage.

She wasn’t even a fan of Aesthetic Ruin. She had no interest in screaming groupies, bad decisions, or the infamous Chris Raines—rock star, tabloid fixture, and walking public safety hazard.

And yet.

Somehow, she ended up in his dressing room.

Somehow, she ended up in his bed.

Somehow, she ended up all over the internet as his secret fiancée.

Chris Raines thinks it’s hilarious.

The media thinks it’s the romance of the century.

Jamie thinks she needs to fake her own death.

But Chris isn’t letting her disappear so easily.

Because suddenly, he’s showing up at her café, hanging around her supermarket job, crashing her law school life, and serenading her mum at the hospital.

Suddenly, he’s everywhere.

And suddenly… Jamie isn’t so sure she wants him to leave.

Because falling in love with a rock star is a terrible idea.

But it turns out not falling might be impossible.

For fans of chaotic love stories, outrageous texts, toe pics instead of nudes, and rock stars who fall first, fall hard, and refuse to fall alone.

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No gossip. No strings. No relationship. Just sex - until it becomes everything.

Winter Xu is a college student with parents who measure worth in grades, ambition, and reputation. Dating is out of the question; romance is a distraction they would never approve - especially not with someone like Dominic Kane, captain of the Wycliff Wolves, bound for the NHL, and the last boy they would ever want for her.

Until now, Winter and Dominic’s only exchanges have been across the seminar table in English Lit - her sharp arguments against his confident counterpoints, neither willing to yield. That should have been the end of it. Then Winter, pushed too far by her friends, blurts out a reckless promise: she’ll pick someone and finally get sex over with, lose her virginity, and be done with it.

Dominic overhears. And instead of walking away, he makes her an offer she never expected.

No gossip. No strings. No relationship. Just secrecy, rules, and an arrangement she controls. What starts as Winter’s plan to cross sex off her list with the most unlikely partner becomes something far harder to dismiss. With parents watching, NHL scouts circling, and their futures pressing close, Winter and Dominic must decide how much they’re willing to risk - and whether what’s growing between them is already more than they can.

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My unhinged, ridiculous and entirely unfounded in reality take on a hockey romance. I love and hate hockey romances. I hate the way the characters are often written, so this is my own take on one that I find fun.

I made a theme song for another one of my original fics. I really like how the 'sound' came out :D

I have been writing a silly, self-indulgent, very smutty rock star romance called Do Not Engage - Do Not Fall in Love with a Rock Star

Anyway, Chris the MMC wrote a song (sort of as a joke) about the time they had a 7 day countdown to being able to ditch condoms once Jamie (FMC)'s IUD kicked in :P

I made a cute song with suno and the lyrics were basically all about the above ...

My fic only has about 3 readers (ao3 isn't really a place to post original fiction but I like posting there - it feels safe).

But even though I just posted it, the song's got 146 views and 7 likes .. and probably none of them know it was about contraception :P They probably just think it's a sweet schmoopy love song ...

In September 2023, we lost our 13 year old dog Hoover

Then in January 2024, we lost our almost 14 year old dog Elbie.

Our hearts are still broken. Every year, we take our dogs to South Durras, a beautiful beach in New South Wales. It took me a while, but I have finally done a video for them ... it was too painful before now.

Hi there. Thanks so much for your message! Below is the updated note that I've put at the start of the fic.