Hannah Grace

Hannah Grace brings a distinctly British warmth to North American college sports romance with her Maple Hills series. Her hockey players and figure skaters navigate the familiar terrain of shared rinks and academic pressure, but Grace's characters feel refreshingly grounded — they worry about failing classes, family gambling debts, and writer's block alongside their romantic entanglements.

Her books lean into comfort-food romance territory: grumpy hockey captains who soften for sunshine heroines, tutoring arrangements that turn tender, summer camp rules made for breaking. Grace excels at the slow-melt dynamic where characters think they're following practical agreements — study partnerships, ice-sharing schedules, strict no-fraternization policies — only to find themselves emotionally invested despite their best intentions. Her dialogue crackles with the kind of banter that makes readers smile mid-page, and she's particularly skilled at writing heroes who are competent on the ice but endearingly out of their depth in love.