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Happily Ever After: A Snowberry Creek Christmas - Not Quite A Hallmark Movie by koalathebear
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30 Aug 2025
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A second chance, a small-town Christmas, and a love story years in the making... Truly Tan thought she had left heartbreak behind when she walked away from her high-powered career in the city, retreating to the warmth of her family's restaurant in Snowberry Creek. Now, she finds comfort in baking-the only chaos she welcomes is deciding between caramel or dulce de leche for her latest creation. But when Colson Hartnell, the crush from her highschool years turned jaded corporate dealmaker, strolls back into town, looking far too good in flannel, Tru's carefully reconstructed world wobbles like an overfilled soufflé.
Inspired by Hallmark Christmas movies - but with Sex, I tried to hit as many tropes as I could .. Just a bit of fun to entertain me - and maybe others. Not intended to be taken seriously in any way :) The story is sappy and self-indulgent and has shifting POVs .. and I make no apologies. I wrote it for fun for me - but decided to share it in case it entertained anyone else. It's not written as a book - I didn't want to be constrained by how a book has to be written or structured - I wanted to write and include all the moments and scenes I wanted...
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- Part 1 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Tressa Lạc never cared about Hollywood—until covering a legal case for her friend’s gossip channel leads her straight into the kind of conspiracy that gets people killed. The facts don’t add up, content creators who dig too deep are turning up dead, and suddenly, she’s a target.
FBI agent Nick Ashford is supposed to be on medical leave, not protecting his stubbornly independent neighbour from powerful men with everything to lose. But dismantling predators is what he does best—and if that means keeping Tressa alive, he’s not giving her a choice.
Now they’re on the run, hunted by corrupt cops, rogue federal agents, and Hollywood elites who built their empire on silence. With every discovery, the conspiracy stretches further—beyond movie stars and moguls into political and financial circles that shape the world.
As the danger escalates, so does the attraction neither of them can afford to acknowledge. But surviving isn’t just about exposing the truth—it’s about outplaying the men who want them dead.
Because in Hollywood, it’s not about what’s real—it’s about what they can make you believe.
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- Part 1 of Tressa Lạc & Nick Ashford
- Part 2 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Do Not Engage: Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series (Chris' Story) by koalathebear
Fandoms: Original Work
25 Dec 2025
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She swore she wouldn’t fall for a rock star. He swore he wouldn’t fall at all.
Jamie has two rules: Do not engage. Do not fall in love. Chris Raines is breaking both.
The world thinks they’re engaged. He thinks it’s hilarious. She thinks she needs a new identity.Series
- Part 1 of Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star
- Part 3 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Almost Dying In Silence: (What Happened To Seb?) - A Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star Short Story by koalathebear
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24 Apr 2025
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Someone mentioned that they wanted to know what happened to Seb the night of his overdose. So here it is... I had never actually intended writing it out because it was so sad and serious .. but I hope you like it even though it's not light and fluffy like the rest of the series... Honestly, this story is a waste of time if you haven't read Do Not Engage: Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series (Chris' Story).
This is set a few years before Do Not Engage: Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series (Chris' Story)
Disclaimer: Graphic Depictions of Addiction/Overdose
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- Part 2 of Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star
- Part 4 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Just One Year: Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series (Liam's Story) by koalathebear
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08 May 2025
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An Aesthetic Ruin, Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star story. Liam's Story.
Another self-indulgent, unhinged rock star romance that is entirely untethered by reality. This is much shorter than Do Not Engage as that is the main story in the Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star universe. Jamie and Chris definitely show up in here, as do the rest of the band :)
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- Part 3 of Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star
- Part 5 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Married, Actually: Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series (Jake's Story) by koalathebear
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15 Aug 2025
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An Aesthetic Ruin, Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star story. Jake's Story.
Another self-indulgent, unhinged rock star romance that is entirely untethered by reality. Reading order is:
1. Do Not Engage (Chris' Story)
2. Almost Dying In Silence (What Happened To Seb)
3. Just One Year (Liam's Story)
4. Married, Actually (Jake's Story)This Kind of Quiet: Vignettes of A Happily Ever After sort of spans the entire series. There is some Jake storyline in the O Canada chapter of that story.
This story as the last in the series ended up being a lot longer than anticipated and went beyond the 'end point' of the Jen-Jake story. I honestly didn't want to stop at that point, so kept going a bit longer.
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- Part 4 of Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star
- Part 6 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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This Kind of Quiet: Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series (Vignettes of A Happily Ever After) by koalathebear
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15 Aug 2025
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A series of vignettes, "missing scenes" that takes place in the Aesthetic Ruin - Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star universe. They're mostly about Jamie and Chris after the end of Do Not Engage. Other characters are in it of course, but a post-marriage Jamie and Chris are the focus.
I try to include a note in each vignette to establish timeline. There's no point reading this story if you haven't read Do Not Engage. It won't make sense.
Happy to take prompts if anyone has any particular situations/scenarios that they want to see :)
I love reading comments and they do inspire me to write/post more. I don't have a beta reader (obviously) so have to find and fix my own mistakes. Feel free to point them out. I also do go back and revise certain chapters so it is possible you may go back to a chapter and find it's slightly different or I may have added more. Confusingly, I also don't necessarily add new chapters at the end of the story each time - I put them where they fit in the timeline.
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- Part 5 of Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star
- Part 7 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star: In World Artefacts and Documents by koalathebear
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28 Sep 2025
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To try to debloat the stories (haha, too late!), I'm putting a few in-world documents/artefacts that have relevance across the various stories in the Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series into this document.
These documents will make zero sense unless you've been reading the underlying story (all 2 of you).
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- Part 6 of Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star
- Part 8 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star: Deleted Scenes by koalathebear
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05 Aug 2025
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These are scenes that were written but I just couldn't make work and couldn't fit into any of the canon stories without throwing out characterisation/plot... but I felt bad just binning them so here they are. Some of these are pretty rough given that once I decided they weren't going to be used - they got parked in the Deleted Scenes document :)
Note: This fic contains explicit sex scenes (detailed, graphic, and character-focused). They are not the majority of the word count, but the sex scenes, when they take place are explicit. Please do not read if that’s not your preference.
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- Part 7 of Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star
- Part 9 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Video: Aesthetic Ruin / Chris Raines: Tread Softly (Jamie & Chris) (Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star) by koalathebear
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17 Mar 2026
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Series of images sent to song for my original fiction story Do Not Engage, the first in my Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series.
The song is from Aesthetic Ruin's Anthology Project and is inspired by the WB Yeats poem “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven".
This song is also used in my Sierra Falls Hockey Romance series but it started as a dedication to Chris and Jamie, so that's what I've put in this song :) It's actually been a critical part of all of my stories in both worlds and I frequently have it playing when I'm writing. I love it so much and I always imagine Chris singing it to Jamie - totally heart-eyes...
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- Part 8 of Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star
- Part 10 of Koala's Fairy Tales
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 386
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 1
- Hits:
- 14
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A Season Kept Secret (A Sierra Falls Horizons Hockey Romance) by koalathebear
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08 Jan 2026
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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.
Please see my blurb about real versus fantastical hockey players.
You've seen my take a rock star romance in my Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series, this is the ice hockey version. Although Aesthetic Ruin do very much appear in this universe. I love linkages :D
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- Part 11 of Koala's Fairy Tales
- Part 1 of Sierra Falls Horizons
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The Long Season (A Sierra Falls Horizons Hockey Romance) by koalathebear
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01 Dec 2025
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The sequel no one asked for given barely anyone read the first one ... but here it is.
A continuation of my unhinged, ridiculous and entirely unfounded in reality take on a hockey romance A Season Kept Secret.
People always claim they're writing what they want to read but secretly they're writing for other people. I love and hate hockey romances. I hate the way the characters are often written, so this is my take on what I want to read in a hockey romance.
Please see my blurb about real versus fantastical hockey players.
You've seen my take a rock star romance in my Do Not Fall In Love With A Rock Star series, this is the ice hockey version. Although Aesthetic Ruin do very much appear in this universe. I love linkages :D
This story will make absolutely no sense unless you've read the first story, sorry.
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- Part 2 of Sierra Falls Horizons
- Part 12 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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My inevitable Vignettes for my Sierra Falls Horizons hockey romance series.
At the time I finished The Long Season, it was still really early in the 2025-2026 NHL season. I knew that it was extremely likely that I would be inspired by antics during the season to write more. In some instances, I might be able to add new chapters to The Long Season, in other instances, it might make sense to just to have some discrete, standalone Vignettes. These will make no sense to anyone who hasn't read the stories so I honestly wouldn't bother reading this story unless you're already along for the journey :)
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- Part 3 of Sierra Falls Horizons
- Part 13 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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The Long Way Back (A Sierra Falls Horizons Hockey Romance) by koalathebear
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14 Mar 2026
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I hadn't intended to ever post this story but the lovely kkaarlyy who is one of the tiny cohort of readers making their way through my original fic who actually comments (wow!) and she mentioned that she wanted to know more about Michael & Claire.
Although their story was in my head before any of the other stories in the Sierra Falls Horizons series, I wrote about them when I knew nothing about hockey except what I'd read in hockey romances (i.e. not much!) and well before I'd even thought of the Horizons. So when I started writing the Horizons series, I kind of reached back and pulled Michael and Claire into this world..
Even after I made the decision to post, I was still intending to hold back the majority of chapters because:
1. I intended to make a lot of edits to make to make it ok for sharing/posting and also to better reflect this story's place in the wider Horizons universe; and
2. I have a few other stories in the series to finish first haha.It turned out I didn't need to make quite as many changes as I thought and probably just needed to include the appropriate tagging, so I will post what I can
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- Part 4 of Sierra Falls Horizons
- Part 14 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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A Different Kind of Leadership (A Sierra Falls Horizons Vignette) by koalathebear
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25 Feb 2026
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I’m writing a Winter Olympics 2026 arc for Oliver Fitzwilliam & the Lakefall Mariners, and that storyline was simply meant to explore the Games themselves. Then the real-world fallout after the gold medal game happened and I couldn’t leave it alone. It felt like something my characters would have opinions about. It also felt better examined through Winter and Dominic’s lens than Oliver’s. It's also longish which is how it became a standalone Sierra Falls piece rather than part of the usual Vignettes collection.
This isn’t meant to be a political manifesto. My discomfort wasn’t primarily about who was in the locker room or who made the call. Elite athletes are human; adrenaline and celebration don’t always produce perfectly judged moments. What grated with me was what came afterwards. The doubling down and the inability or unwillingness to acknowledge why some people might reasonably have felt unsettled. This fic was me exploring how how a single moment could have been handled differently in a way that the headlines might have stayed where they belonged — on the gold medal.Series
- Part 5 of Sierra Falls Horizons
- Part 15 of Koala's Fairy Tales
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 7,654
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Hits:
- 14
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Sierra Falls Horizons: In World Artefacts and Documents by koalathebear
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23 Nov 2025
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To try to debloat the stories (haha, too late!), I'm putting a few in-world documents/artefacts that have relevance across the various stories in the Sierra Falls Horizons series into this document.
Be warned. These documents will make zero sense unless you've been reading the underlying stories.
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- Part 6 of Sierra Falls Horizons
- Part 16 of Koala's Fairy Tales
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 22,962
- Chapters:
- 15/?
- Hits:
- 69
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Nicknames come easily at Dog-Eared & Divine: Sir Accent-A-Lot, The Earl of Espresso, Welsh Rarebit. Autumn calls him “Lord Paperback,” the customer who keeps showing up in his cardigan and glasses, somehow managing to look both mysterious and entirely at home. She’s not supposed to stare. She’s definitely not supposed to imagine spy thrillers starring him. And she absolutely isn’t supposed to find herself falling for him.
Between nosy friends, unexpected exes, and a bookstore interview that changes everything, Autumn learns that romance doesn’t have to be dramatic or scandalous.
Sometimes it’s gentle, funny, and quietly life-changing — the kind you find tucked between the stacks. Clean romance.
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- Part 17 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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This was supposed to be a short story, perhaps 12,000 words or so but then I started going down the rabbit hole of women's college hockey and lack of parity with the men's college hockey and then 12,000 words became a lot more .. :P
My husband can't understand why I keep writing so many stories that pretty much no one reads except me. Correction - he knows exactly why I do it - I'm so hopeless :D
It's part of my Sierra Falls Horizons hockey romance series. Reading order is:
1. A Season Kept Secret (Dominic Kane and Winter Xu)
2. The Long Season (Dominic Kane and Winter Xu)
3. CheckedCarter is a minor character in A Season Kept Secret and also The Long Season. He's also mentioned The Fiction Alcove: A Bookshop Romance. At least I managed to keep that story short :)
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- Part 7 of Sierra Falls Horizons
- Part 18 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Pit Stop (A Sierra Falls Horizons Hockey Romance) by koalathebear
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21 Feb 2026
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Part of my Sierra Falls Horizons hockey romance series. I'm determined to make this a short-ish story. I need to stop writing such long stories!
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- Part 8 of Sierra Falls Horizons
- Part 19 of Koala's Fairy Tales
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Between Leagues - A Second Season (A Sierra Falls Horizons Hockey Romance) by koalathebear
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12 Nov 2025
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A short story that is part of my Sierra Falls Horizons hockey romance series. These characters are referenced in The Long Season. Leighton and Dominic are in the same rookie cohort, albeit on different teams and whose lives ended up following different paths.
Written because the more I learned about the American Hockey League and all those hopeful players who were so desperate for their shot in the NHL, I found it very poignant and almost tragic. They grind away and damage their bodies to the same extent the NHL players do - but for a fraction of the pay and recognition. Dominic and Winter talk about the odds a lot in The Long Season, about how hard it is to make it big. There's also the chapter The Long Odds of Making and Staying in the NHL (North American Skaters Only) and I decided to explore someone who made it and then fell.
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- Part 9 of Sierra Falls Horizons
- Part 20 of Koala's Fairy Tales
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 7,008
- Chapters:
- 6/?
- Hits:
- 55
