Thirty Reasons Not to Date a Player

Amara ("AJ") Harrison had always been a believer in the phrase, "sisters before misters". That didn't change when April Porter, AJ's best-friend-since-kindergarten, ditched her for one of the biggest players at South River High.

One year and an incredibly messy breakup later, the girls are juniors and AJ finally has her best friend back.

But, when things get out of hand at Steve Parker's Halloween party, AJ is forced to associate with Ryder Hayes a little more often than she would like. Not only is Ryder one of the most popular boys in the senior class, but he also happens to be April's ex.

To say that AJ hates him would be an understatement, but what if there's more to Ryder than what meets the eye?

And you know what they say—maybe hatred and love aren't really so different.