cohenswritings
❝ When you've lost everything, the last thing you expect to find is her. ❞
After both his siblings are killed in a Los Santos gang shootout, Conner Anderson is forced to leave behind the city that destroyed him. Cork is supposed to be quiet. Safe. Boring.
He plans to keep his head down, play rugby, and try to forget the life he lost.
Then he meets Lizzie Young-loud, impulsive, heartbreak-wrecked Lizzie Young.
She makes him an offer he never saw coming:
"Fake date me. Make Hughie Biggs jealous. Please."
Hughie, the boy she swore she'd end up with.
Katie Wilmont, the girl who stole him.
And Conner... the mysterious new fullback wearing Number 15, who doesn't smile much and carries more secrets than she can count.
What starts as a deal quickly becomes something else-something messy, dangerous, and way too real for a boy who promised himself he'd never care again.
Lizzie wants revenge.
Conner wants a fresh start.
Neither of them expects to fall first.
In Cork, nothing stays fake for long