​"Kiss me." ​"What?" ​"I said kiss me. Come on, kiss me." ​"Why?" ​"Because... I owe you, Ryan Carter." ​=========== Second installment in Against the series ​Everything is going totally fine for Jenny Mitchell-right up until she receives an email from the university administration. The message is clear: improve her GPA or be dismissed. ​If she fails, she isn't just losing her education; she's losing her home. To save her future, Jenny needs only one thing: A TUTOR. ​But who is going to tolerate her Jenny-tantrums? No one except him. RYAN CARTER. Her best friend's brother, the university's football team captain, and the last person she wants to look at. ​Ryan accepts the offer, but only on one condition: Jenny needs to find him a girlfriend. Not a red flag, but a green forest. The only problem? Jenny is the undisputed Queen of Red Flags. ​SHE ANNOYS HIM. HE DRIVES HER CRAZY. ​HE TEACHES HER HUMAN PSYCHOLOGY. SHE WANTS TO LEARN BIOLOGY. ​HE WANTS PEACE. SHE WANTS TO KISS HIM. ​On the field, playing against the playbook isn't allowed-but is it allowed off-field? ​See you in Chapter 1! Cover by @elaradaven ♥️✨

THEIR ALMOST HONEYMOON One bed. Two secret identities. And a marriage license that's technically a death warrant. SLOANE is the neighborhood florist. She spends her days trimming hydrangeas and apologizing for her clumsiness. The Secret: She's THE IVY-an elite assassin who can kill a man with a petal and disappear before the body hits the floor. "I'm a florist, Silas. I don't do dangerous things." (She says, while hiding a dagger in her bridal bouquet.) SILAS is a dorky high school history teacher. He wears tweed, loses his glasses, and rambles about the fall of Rome. The Secret: He's THE ARCHIVIST-the rival agency's top tactical spy, specialized in high-stakes theft and erasing problems. "Trust me, Sloane. I'm just a history teacher. The most exciting thing I've ever done is find a library book from 1984." (He says, while a sniper rifle is stashed in his suitcase.) When a billionaire syndicate leader hosts an exclusive gala at a villa in Lake Como, both agencies want the encryption key hidden inside. But there's a catch: The villa is for couples only. Forced into a shotgun "blind date" by their handlers, Sloane and Silas find themselves married at a courthouse and on a flight to Italy before they've even learned each other's middle names. THE RULES ARE SIMPLE:- • Don't let the spouse see your weapons. • Don't let the spouse see you kill anyone. • Above all: Do not fall for the spouse. Between dodging bullets in ballgowns and sharing a single bed in a villa crawling with guards, the lies are getting harder to track. SHE THINKS HE'S A HELPLESS NERD. HE THINKS SHE'S A FRAGILE FLOWER. They're both dead wrong. And most importantly wrong about their mission, which is not as it seems to be. Cover by @elaradaven 💍 FEATURING: ✓The "Only One Bed" Trope ✓Fake Marriage / Real Danger ✓Assassin Vs Assassin (But they don't know it) ✓Lethal Competence x Social Awkwardness

"Lie on the bed, Isla Maria Carter. That's my fifth payment" Falling for her brother's rival? Of course not. She'd rather eat dirt. For Isla, it was supposed to be a simple university project: observe, analyze, and leave. But you can't observe a predator like Noah Blackwood without becoming the prey. He's the new captain of the Blackthorns. The golden boy. The trustees' son and the visionary future of the University. But to Isla Maria Carter... he's nothing more than a SON OF A BISCUIT. He's her brother's greatest rival. Her biggest headache. And now? Her mandatory partner. Noah doesn't like being a subject; he likes being the one in control. And he has decided the only subject he's interested in... is her. HE WANTS HER TO FALL FOR HIM. SHE WANTS HIM TO FALL IN A PIT. HE WANTS TO KISS HER. SHE WANTS TO PUNCH HIM. FOR HIM, SHE'S THE CHALLENGE HE NEVER SAW COMING. FOR HER, HE'S THE PROBLEM SHE CAN'T ESCAPE. HE WANTS HER. SHE WANTS HIM-MURDERED. This season's game has officially moved off the field. But the question remains the same, "Who is going to win this match?" Cover by @elaradaven