She might not like me, but she wants me. I'm used to being worshipped like a football god. Everyone on campus loves me, except her. Which is why when her ex breaks her heart and her friends plot revenge, I volunteer to be her fake boyfriend. She hates the plan, almost as much as she hates me. We can barely speak without tearing each other to shreds. But sometimes when we fight, she looks at me like she might not hate all of me. Any advantage on the field is a good one, right? But then she asks me for a favor I don’t know if I can deliver on. And I make a confession that could have this whole game falling apart.

"She wants lessons to end her wallflower era, but the only thing I want to teach her is how to be mine." Olivia is my best friend and the one person who was there for me when I wanted to quit football freshman year. We’re just friends. A fact I have to remind myself of every time I see another guy flirt with her. She thinks I’m a nice guy. A good friend. Her grumpy protective “bestie”. But what I really want? It would make her blush. So when she tells me she’s tired of blending into the background and asks me to tutor her, I can’t say no. Even though I should, because my past means she’s the last person on earth I should touch. And with everything on the line right now—championships, the draft and our final year—I need her more than ever. So when it all catches up with me in the worst possible way, I have to face an impossible choice—or risk dragging her down with me. And this game is one I can't afford to lose.

“I’m her dirty little secret, the one she loves to hate.” She knows just what to say to cut deep, and I know how to press every single button she has. We hate each other, until one night after I lose the biggest football game of the year. When she offers the kind of mercy I need. It changes everything… until the next morning. Now I’m her dirty little secret, and she’s avoiding me like the plague. Which makes it difficult when we get partnered on a project and we’re stuck on a couple’s trip with our friends. The tension between us is sky high. So I propose a way to lower it: enemies with benefits. One hotel room. A few days. A chance to let our little “hateship” run its course. Except when it’s unexpectedly cut short, I’m not ready to give her up. And I think I might be a bad habit she can’t quit, despite how smart she is. But we have bigger problems, and both of our post-college careers are on the line. I’m about to find out if I can win this game or fumble the two most important plays of my life.

Violet He’s the star wide receiver and the most wanted player on campus. He has it all—the body, the voice, the charm and the dimples. Plus he flirts constantly and cooks dinner shirtless in my kitchen. There’s just one problem—he’s my best friend’s younger brother. She sent him to live with me so I can help him get his life back in order. Which makes him off limits in every way possible. But now we share a wall and secrets. Like the confession he makes when he accidentally walks in on me one night. Ben I’m usually so good with women that my teammates come to me for advice. But they don’t know my secret. They don’t know about her. The one woman I want—the one I can’t stop thinking about—barely knows I exist. Until everything goes wrong, and I land on her doorstep. The worst day of my life might just turn out to be my luckiest. Because she’s fresh off a broken engagement—single for the first time in forever. And she can’t keep her eyes off of me. I just need to convince her I’m worth breaking the rules.