The only thing Mia Hope has in common with Jake Carpenter, Artwood High's most popular quarterback, is a love for the coffee served at The Coffee Pod. He wants her to tutor him - and if she can do it without a single cup of coffee, he'll pay her triple. Easy. Nothing could go wrong, right?
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When Jake learns he's failing English, he knows he needs to pull his grades up or he'll risk being kicked off the football team. He strikes a deal with the elusive Mia - the quiet girl with secrets. If she can't go without a single cup of coffee, she has to tutor him for free. If she can, he'll pay her triple, and with Christmas around the corner, there's nothing Mia needs more than money. But as the pair grow closer, Jake learns the real reason for Mia's bad habit, and what starts as an innocent bet between enemies grows into something more serious. Can the pair survive the next two months with their hearts - and secrets - still intact?
Content/trigger warning: This story contains themes of assault and abuse.
[[word count: 60,000 - 70,000]]
Cover designed by Jenna Conrad
The Coffee Pact now has a sequel: The Kissing Pact
Amber has a secret, one that she hates. When the school bad boy finds out, she realizes he isn't who he seems to be.
Garrett is hiding something. When he runs into Amber, he knows his past has caught up to him.
Matt can do no wrong in the eyes of most of the student body. When Garrett steps in, his world starts to fall apart.
Who knew a confrontation behind the cafeteria would tangle their lives together, changing everyone in the process. Nothing would ever be the same when they realize, there's more than this...
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This is the first book in the Fallbrook Hills series which can be read as a standalone.
Fallbrook Hills:
(Jefferson High)
Not Quite Enough - April & Nico
More Than This - Amber & Garrett
(Fallbrook University)
All There Is - Hannah & Matt
All It Took - Jeff & Allison
🥈Second place winner for the Cliche Crunching Contest
🥈Silver Award for the TEEN FIC awards - romance category
🥉Third place winner for First Blood of the Sanguine Awards - teen Fiction category
Nominated for The Fiction Awards