Lies, Hearts & Truths Books in Order
Part ofHelena Hunting Books in OrderSee H. Hunting’s Lies, Hearts & Truths series in order, with book summaries, character backgrounds, and notes on how these emotional college hockey romances connect to earlier worlds.
Last updated: December 22, 2025
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Publication Order
3 books
Shattered Truths
by Helena Hunting
2023
BJ Ballistic almost runs Winter Marks over with his Jeep, then can’t stop thinking about the fierce figure skater who vanished into the trees and left behind a single skate. Drawn into her tightly controlled world, he offers an escape she’s not sure she can afford, and their winter romance unearths secrets that could break them both.
Bitter Sweet Heart
by Helena Hunting
2022
Maverick Waters is a pro-caliber hockey player finishing school and coaching to make ends meet; Clover Sweet is the woman he slept with once and can’t forget. When she unexpectedly turns up as a student in his college class, both of them have to navigate an age gap, power imbalance, and the sparks that never really cooled.
Little Lies
by Helena Hunting
2020
Lavender Waters grew up relying on Kodiak Bowman to keep her safe, until his cruel words shattered her trust and drove them apart. Years later they’re forced to live under the same college roof, and their enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity story peels back anxiety, obsession, and the small lies that protected them but also kept them lonely.
Series background & context
The Lies, Hearts & Truths series, written as H. Hunting, drops into the next generation of Helena Hunting’s hockey universe. These books follow the grown children of familiar players as they stumble through college, first love, and the fallout from wounds that never fully healed.
Little Lies centers on Lavender Waters and Kodiak "Kody" Bowman, two people who grew up tangled in each other's lives. As kids, Kody was Lavender's protector; as teens, he pushed her away with words sharp enough to leave scars. When they end up living in the same college house years later, forced‑proximity turns years of avoidance into simmering tension. The story digs into anxiety, trauma, and the complicated ways love and obsession can blur.
Bitter Sweet Heart shifts to Maverick Waters, a pro‑level hockey talent trying to balance school, coaching, and a family name that carries weight in the hockey world. A chance hookup with Clover Sweet seems like a one‑time escape—until she walks into his classroom as a student in the college course he’s teaching. Their age gap, shared history, and the power imbalance on campus make every choice feel risky.
In Shattered Truths, Winter Marks and BJ Ballistic get their turn. Winter is a figure skater trapped by a controlling life off the ice; BJ is a hockey player who nearly runs her over with his Jeep and can’t stop thinking about the woman who flipped him off and disappeared into the trees. What starts as banter over a lost skate becomes a story about escape, found family, and learning which truths are worth blowing your life up to reveal.
Across the series, familiar surnames—Waters, Bowman, Stiles—remind readers how closely these books tie back to Pucked and All In, but the tone is distinctly new adult. The characters are still figuring out who they are without their parents’ reputations, dealing with therapy, medication, and the long tail of childhood fears.
If you want romance that leans harder into mental health, messy family systems, and the question of whether love can really heal old damage, Lies, Hearts & Truths is where Helena Hunting lets those themes take center stage.
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