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Davina Nwokedi is the kind of girl everyone loves: smart, beautiful, and warm-hearted, the golden girl of Stanford High. a top student, and the epitome of charm without arrogance. Everyone thinks she has it all-even a perfect boyfriend, Taye Olayinka, the golden boy: handsome, adored, and the captain of the football team. Together, they are Stanford High's ultimate power couple, envied and admired in equal measure.
But Davina's life is about to get messy. A new boy arrives at Stanford: Tejiri Johnson. He's rude, arrogant, and dangerous in all the right ways-hot-tempered, mysterious, and uninterested in friends or rules. He's not here for friendship or popularity; he's here on a mission, using the school's wealthy students to his advantage. And yet, somehow, Ada's light pierces through his darkness.
She wants to be his friend. He pushes her away. She persists. He snaps. She smiles anyway.
And in the chaos, hearts begin to shift. Taye, the golden boy who has always held Davina close, starts to feel a strange jealousy creeping in-a feeling he's never had before. Tejiri, the storm who's never cared for anyone, finds himself softening, intrigued by a girl who refuses to fear him or hate him.
What starts as curiosity turns into obsession, and what seems like friendship turns into something dangerously close to love. davina must navigate the turbulence of a love triangle, the rivalry of Queen Bees who see her as a threat, and the secrets of a boy who isn't what he seems.
She was supposed to belong to the golden boy.
Her heart has other plans.
"Sugar & Smoke" is a tale of forbidden attraction, high-stakes school drama, and the irresistible pull between light and darkness. Perfect for fans of enemies-to-lovers romance, forbidden crushes, and the chaos of teenage hearts."