lxtushearts
Stella Winehouse, a first-year student at Bayshore University, arrives in the idyllic shoreside town expecting reinvention-but quickly learns that belonging comes at a cost. Beneath the sunlit beaches, polished traditions, and exclusive campus circles lies an unspoken hierarchy that quietly governs everything: friendships, reputations, and even futures. As Stella navigates crowded lecture halls and salt-swept bonfires, she finds herself pulled into a web of alliances and rivalries that feel far older than her freshman orientation.
But the deeper Stella looks, the more she realizes the university's secrets aren't confined to locked offices or hushed faculty meetings-they live in the students themselves. Hidden pasts, quiet betrayals, and whispered scandals simmer beneath carefully curated smiles. As she forms unexpected friendships and clashes with those determined to protect their status, a slow-burning romance complicates everything, blurring the lines between trust and danger. In a town where image is everything and truth slips easily through careful fingers, Stella must decide who she is willing to become-and what she's willing to risk uncovering.
★ ᴀʟʟ ᴘʜᴏᴛᴏꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴘɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛ ; ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ ᴘʟᴀʏʟɪꜱᴛꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ɪɴ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 3 ★