After three years away from her brother, Genevieve returns and enrolls at Briar University to continue her studies. She rediscovers a world she thought she had left behind, as well as Garrett Graham's circle of friends. Among them is John Logan. Their relationship begins as a simple reunion, but very quickly, an unexpected connection develops between them, mostly because of something that happened months ago. The problem is that some lines shouldn't be crossed... especially when feelings start to overpower reason.

At Briar University, junior Brooklyn "Brooke" Danvers is physics-defying trouble in a 5'3" package. Known as the girl who routinely levels guys twice her size, Brooke fights to ensure no one can ever hurt her-or her best friend Allie-again, guarding a dark, traumatic past of survival and abuse that she shares with no one. But when her fierce protectiveness catches the attention of Briar's four elite hockey stars-charismatic Logan, guarded captain Garrett, devoted playboy Dean, and nurturing Tucker-the ultimate campus gods become utterly obsessed with her safety. Realizing Brooke is used to being everyone else's shield, the four fiercely loyal roommates make it their collective mission to step in front of her punches, breakdown her iron walls, and prove that she finally has a safe place to lay down her weapons.

Mia Russo and John Tucker are the only two people at Briar University who don't realize they're basically already dating. Everyone else sees it. The lingering looks across crowded parties. The way John always ends up next to Mia without thinking about it. The way Mia pretends to be annoyed every time he steals her coffee, only to buy him another one ten minutes later. Their friends are exhausted by it. Strangers assume they're together. Even John's teammates have started taking bets on how long it'll take before the two idiots finally figure it out. But Mia refuses to risk ruining the best friendship she's ever had, and John keeps convincing himself that what he feels for her is normal. Until jealousy, accidental almost-confessions, and one very reckless night force them to confront the truth everyone else noticed long ago: somewhere between years of friendship and stolen moments, they fell hopelessly in love with each other.

Taylor Han and Garrett Graham have been tangled up in each other's lives for as long as they can remember. From scraped knees and summer hockey camps to late-night phone calls and years of inside jokes, Garrett has always been Taylor's person. The loud to her calm. The chaos to her control. Everyone at Briar University sees Garrett as the charming hockey captain with a million admirers, but Taylor only sees the boy who used to climb through her bedroom window when she couldn't sleep. Somewhere along the way, friendship started feeling dangerously close to something else. Now, with Garrett's future pulling him in one direction and Taylor trying desperately to figure out her own, the line between best friends and almost lovers begins to blur. Jealousy sneaks into conversations that used to feel easy, touches linger too long, and suddenly every moment together feels heavier than it used to. Because falling for your best friend is terrifying enough. Realizing they might have been falling for you too the entire time? That changes everything.

Lennon Jones has always thought John Logan was a disaster waiting to happen. Charming, reckless, and completely incapable of making a good decision when emotions are involved, Logan spends most of his time pretending he's fine while secretly spiraling over one very inconvenient problem: he's in love with Hannah Wells, the longtime girlfriend of his best friend and hockey captain, Garrett Graham. Logan knows nothing can ever happen between them. Hannah loves Garrett, Garrett trusts Logan like a brother, and crossing that line would destroy everything. So when rumors about Logan's feelings start circulating around campus, Lennon agrees to help him shut them down by pretending to be his girlfriend. Simple enough. At least, that's what they tell themselves. But fake dating John Logan turns out to be far more complicated than Lennon expected. Suddenly there are staged dates that feel a little too real, lingering touches that last too long, and quiet moments where Logan looks at her like he's trying to forget someone else entirely. And somewhere between hockey games, fake kisses, and the slow collapse of Logan's carefully buried feelings, Lennon starts realizing the boy hopelessly chasing the wrong girl may have been looking at the right one all along.

Matilda Rivers and John Logan cannot stand each other. At least, that's what they tell everyone. From the moment Matilda arrived at Briar University, Logan has been a constant irritation in her life. Too cocky, too charming, too used to people falling at his feet. Meanwhile, Matilda has a reputation of her own: sharp-tongued, stubborn, and entirely unimpressed by Briar hockey's favorite disaster. Their arguments become legendary across campus, filled with biting sarcasm, lingering stares, and tension so obvious even strangers start placing bets on whether they'll kill each other or kiss first. The problem is, hatred starts looking dangerously similar to attraction after a while. Forced together through mutual friends and one very unavoidable class project, Logan slowly begins seeing the girl beneath Matilda's walls, while Matilda realizes the arrogant hockey player she wrote off months ago is far more complicated than she expected. Somewhere between late-night arguments, accidental jealousy, and moments of vulnerability neither of them meant to reveal, the line between enemies and something much worse begins to blur. Because falling for your enemy is one thing. Admitting they might know you better than anyone else? That's terrifying.

Raina Di Laurentis only met John Tucker once before he became part of her life forever. It happened the summer before her brother Dean started at Briar University. John showed up at the Di Laurentis house with a hockey bag slung over his shoulder and an easy smile that immediately irritated Raina for reasons she couldn't explain. He spent the entire afternoon trading jokes with Dean, stealing food from the kitchen, and acting like he already belonged there. Raina barely spoke to him, but somehow she still remembered the exact way he grinned at her before leaving. Years later, John Tucker is no longer just Dean's teammate. He's his best friend. Practically family. Which means he's everywhere. Team dinners, apartment hangouts, holidays at the Di Laurentis house. And every single time Raina comes home, John somehow looks at her a little differently than he used to. The problem is Dean would lose his mind if either of them crossed that line. So Raina and John settle into a dangerous routine of lingering eye contact, sarcastic teasing, and pretending there isn't something simmering beneath every interaction. But the older Raina gets, the harder it becomes for John to remember she's supposed to be off-limits. And the more time they spend together, the more impossible it becomes to ignore the truth neither of them wants to admit: Somewhere along the way, John Tucker became the person Raina can't stop thinking about.

Olive Holland lives her life in counts of eight. Every movement controlled, every mistake corrected, every second of her day carefully choreographed around ballet. At Briar University, she's known as the girl who never misses practice, never loses focus, and never lets anyone close enough to throw her off balance. Then Dean Di Laurentis crashes into her life like a slapshot through glass. Dean is loud where Olive is quiet, chaotic where she is disciplined. A hockey player with an easy grin and a talent for getting under her skin, he seems to exist purely to disrupt the perfectly ordered world Olive built for herself. Their schedules clash, their personalities collide, and somehow they keep finding themselves drawn back together anyway. What begins as teasing arguments and reluctant friendship slowly turns into something neither of them knows how to handle. Dean starts showing up outside dance rehearsals with coffee in hand, while Olive begins sneaking into hockey games pretending she doesn't care whether he notices she came. Beneath Dean's charm is someone desperate to prove he's more than the unserious guy everyone assumes he is, and beneath Olive's perfect poise is a girl exhausted from carrying the pressure of always needing to be flawless. In ballet, Olive has always known exactly where to place her feet. Falling for Dean Di Laurentis is the first time she's ever stepped into something without knowing how it ends.

Violet Maxwell is finally ready to date again at least that's what her best friend Allie Hayes thinks when she sets her up with John Logan. One date turns into something more, and suddenly Violet can't tell where the pretending ends and real feelings begin. But when Logan steps in as her replacement partner for a theater project, things get messy fast. Between awkward rehearsals, undeniable chemistry, and hiding everything from her overprotective brother Beau, Violet has to decide if what she's falling into is worth the risk... or if she's about to lose control of everything she just got back.

and that was the day that i promised i'd never sing of love if it does not exist john tucker and mai fletcher off campus cover : swannluvr © fltwmacs