The Play (Briar U)

A brand-new standalone novel within the New York Occasions bestselling Briar U collection!

What I discovered after final 12 months’s distractions price my hockey workforce our total season? No extra screwing up. No extra screwing, interval. As the brand new workforce captain, I want a brand new philosophy: hockey and college now, ladies later. Which signifies that I, Hunter Davenport, am formally going celibate…regardless of how onerous that makes issues.

However there’s nothing within the rulebook that claims I can’t be
buddies with a lady. And I received’t lie—my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. Her sensible mouth is scorching as hell, and so is the remainder of her, however the truth that she’s acquired a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to the touch her.

Besides three months into our friendship, Demi is single and in search of a rebound.

And she or he’s making a play for me.

Avoiding her is inconceivable. We’re paired up on a yearlong faculty mission, however I’m assured I can resist her. We’d by no means work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too completely different, our targets aren’t aligned, and her dad and mom hate my guts.

Hooking up is a really dangerous thought. Now I simply should persuade my physique—and my coronary heart.