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In the small, whisper-tight town of Silverlake, and Silverlake Academy is the brightest (and only) claim to fame, two prodigies are about to collide.
Ainsley Rowe arrives with perfect grades, perfect manners, and the unbearable perfect expectations of her Professor father. Painfully shy and desperate to stay unnoticed, she somehow manages to outshine everyone, including Kai Han, Silverlake Academy's golden boy scholar and basketball star. For Kai, who scholarship is the only thing keeping his family afloat, Ainsley's arrival is a threat he can't afford.
When a school assignment traps them together in the library's storage room, their rivalry cracks open to reveal something neither of them expected: fear, pressure and dreams they're both terrified of losing. What begins with anger and accusations slowly shift into stolen glances, shared study sessions, and a fragile connection neither know how to name.
But Silverlake has shadows Ainsley never imagined, shadows Kai has been fighting in secret. When she uncovers the truth behind his late-night disappearances, their blooming romance is shaken to its core.
Now Ainsley must decide if she's brave enough to stand by him... and Kai must decide if he's worthy of being loved at all.