The Cunningham's and the Montgomery's have since long been feuding with one another. Dating decades back, the two families separate advertising companies in New York City have been competing to win over the most clients and become the most acclaimed advertising company in the state. Because of this feud, it is widely known:
The Cunningham's and the Montgomery's do NOT get along.
Juliet Ava Cunningham, who goes by Ava due to her hatred for Romeo & Juliet because of the constant comparison her entire life, is off to college at Syracuse University for her Freshman year. When her mother, Michelle, forces Ava to join Alpha Chi, the sorority she was in when she used to be a student, Ava is less than thrilled.
When Ava meets the charming and stunning Theo Montogmery III on the rooftop of the sorority house, she wants to ignore his existence for the sake of their family's feud.
But upon meeting the mysterious and reserved Ava Cunningham, Theo has different plans. He doesn't give a shit about the feud between their families. He is persistent and knows what he wants and being in the big fraternity at the school, Lamda Xi, as well as the same major as Ava, Theo won't let her escape so easily.
But can Ava get past their family's feud? Can she go against her family's wishes even in the pursuit to someday take over the family business?
Will she be able to let her guards down when it comes to the turbulent Theo Montgomery?
Or are the two families meant to feud forever?
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Chock-full of family drama, secrets, and a fight for romance, this modern spin on Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet sets out to excite, entice, and, of course, explore a new kind of love.
The world has chewed up and spit out Eleanor Robinson again and again. It began with her parents, one taken by a tragedy, one addicted to horrific drugs, and a brother who's too boozed out to know if she's alive or dead. Alone in the world, Ellie isn't exactly sure of how life works, of how anything works, really.
The only two people she has that even remotely understand are Sebastian and Scarlett, a pair of siblings that remind her so much of her own family, it's hard to be around them sometimes. When the trio finally move in together after being friends for almost three years, they end up closer than ever. But the move brings along another problem into Ellie's life.
Cole Everett is a fighter. From the moment he was cast aside by his family, he's had to fight for scraps at the orphanage dinner table, fight for a spot in the light of his foster family's eyes, and fight for the love of his adoptive parents. It seemed like he never won when it came to personal battles, but in the ring... In the ring, he owned the world.
Years and years of the world kicking Cole's ass has shaped him into the fighter Ellie and everyone else sees him as. But the world has also shaped Ellie, and the sweet, heavy-hearted girl paints on a façade that seems only Cole can break through.
As the pair attempt to navigate a decent enough relationship to be in the same room as one another without going for the throat, the people around them float between blurred lines of friend or foe. Hearts clash, past enemies arise, and the pair's hearts hang in the balance of it all.