Everette and Archer have spent years at the top of their class-competing for grades, teachers' attention, and a scholarship. To everyone else, they're just academic rivals. But Everette knows the truth: Archer is her best friend Aubrey's infuriating twin. The boy who has made it his mission to annoy her since childhood. Their tension reaches new heights during their final year of high school when they're forced to work together on a major school project. Between late-night study sessions, accidental vulnerability, and moments when their guard slips, Everette begins to realize that Archer isn't the arrogant overprotective perfectionist she always thought he was and more likely someone who is always there for her. And to Archer, Everette is no longer just the annoying overachieving competitor that he's always cared for but rather someone who understands him better than anyone. As competition slowly turns into chemistry, the lines between rivalry and affection blur. But letting her best friend's brother into her heart could mean destroying everything she's built around her. And now it's up to Everette : Is Archer worth wrecking her future that she's been planning for her whole life? or is she risking everything for a boy who's her supposed enemy?

college hockey player Wes Graham has tormented Adare Wells since they were in the first grade. pulling her hair, breaking her crayons, calling her names-- anything to get her attention. they spend all of high school together, never giving each other the time of day until they end up on first day of university. there's only one empty seat, and it's next to Adare. even though Adare hates Wes and he's an asshole to her, they both have some baggage that only each other seem to understand.

Ever so slowly, I lowered my mouth to the lime. As I did so, I felt the brush of her lips on mine. Just a touch. Just a breath, and it ignited fire in my veins. And at that moment, I forgot a lot. My heart stopped, my breathing quit, my thoughts ceased. But I knew one thing, and it was screaming in the hollows of my brain. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳. - an academic rivals to lovers romance - Emilia Laurent, top of her class. Augustus Casen, top of his class. What happens when the school sends both to a competition in California? One month. One competition. One hotel room. Two rivals. What could go wrong? - book one in the erudite trilogy - rankings: #1 in compete (sep 12 2023) #1 in competition (oct 16 2023) #1 in academicrivalstolovers (nov 28 2023) #1 in rivalstolovers (jul 27 2024)