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The Puppet Master

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Gwendolyn "Gwen" Donnelly has only ever wanted one thing in her life: become class president. 

In her senior year of high school a shocking murder throws a wrench into her plans. Gwen finds out that her favourite history teacher has been murdered and that he isn't the first nor the last victim. She is determined to catch the person responsible even if it means working with her rival. 

Theo Lockwood has two goals in life. 

One: become the best football player in the history of Saint Alderidge Academy. 

Two: become class president. 

With his father pressuring him day and night, failure is not an option. When he finds out about Gwen trying to be the next Sherlock Holmes he decides to help her out in the hopes it will distract her long enough so that he can become class president. 

As their investigation continues the lines between the rivals start to blur into something more. 

Will their little investigation lead to them solving the case or will it only lead to another corpse in the morgue?

Tropes:
- academic rivals to lovers
- murder mystery 
- principal's daughter x football player
- boarding school romance
- forced proximity

RANKINGS:
#9 rivalstoloversAll Rights Reserved

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Whispered Obsessions by white_princ3ss

✦ Kristen Ford has always been fiercely independent-a trait that threatens her family's reputation. Her father, Evan Ford, decides to send her to Blackwood Academy, an elite school known for straightening out troubled kids. But Blackwood is no ordinary school. Its grand halls hide a world full of secrets and dangers, where only the sharpest minds survive. At Blackwood, Kristen is unexpectedly drawn to the headmaster's son, a dangerously attractive professor who radiates both menace and mystery. As their forbidden connection deepens, Kristen finds herself entangled in the academy's hidden truths. Now, she faces a crucial choice: will she give in to her feelings, or will the treacherous game around her consume her completely? ⚡ Secrets | 🕵️‍♀️ Danger | ❤️ Forbidden Love

Hidden Truths|✓ by PinkPreppyPerfect

When Olivia Parker is found dead at a high school party gone wrong, it seems obvious who her killer was. Wesley Owens was found next to her covered in blood. Obviously, he did it. The question was why. With the entire senior class attending the end of the year bash, it shouldn't have been that simple to get away with the crime. There had to be witnesses and alibis, especially in the tight-knit friend group found at the scene. Now, with the eyes of everyone on them, the group has to pick up their broken pieces and figure out what actually happened that night before one of them gets falsely accused. With each step closer to the truth, the friends start to get more and more hesitant to reveal the truth and start to realize no one seems to be innocent. (Featured on Wattpad Picks twice!) (Shortlisted for the 2018 Wattys!) In the process of a rewrite!

Cupid's Guide to Murder by malisaray

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Faking It by MissKatey

All that high school junior Ellie Morris-Whittaker wants is to play division one soccer in college. Good thing she has a full ride to a super-prestige prep school, right? But her history grades are tanking, and losing her scholarship means bye bye prep school. Enter her new tutor, William - the hot student council president she can't stop thinking about. And even though he's kinda-sorta dating someone else, it's pretty clear he's also kinda-sorta crushing on Ellie. It's her own personal purgatory, until William's troublesome, varsity star striker brother Theo proposes a solution: a fake dating ruse. Too bad Theo's annoying AF and definitely not worth Ellie's time. But when Ellie's almost benched for good, Theo's pretty much the only one whose pointers can help win her spot back. And the more Ellie gets to know Theo, the more she realizes that she might've crushed on the wrong brother. Worse, she might actually be falling for the guy she was only supposed to be fake dating...

Ruthless Possession by author_audrey

When they're rivals in academics, leadership, sports, EVERYTHING and she asks "Why is it me? Why do you always single me out?" And He replies: "Because you're the only person worth paying attention to" *********************************************** When she dares him, to embarrass him cuz he is the only boy who doesn't talk to her much in the whole school. "100 push-ups champ, after each push up you say my name" He replies "Fine, but I have 1 condition" She asks "What condition" He replies "Lie beneath me while I do push-ups, I'll do a hundred more, even the whole class can count." *********************************************** These are some scenes that might urge you to read the story anyway it's a dark romance and rivals to lovers. There are also some scenes written in the part mentioned below... You can get more information from the story part 'IMPORTANT'.

Fake Coincidences by SRwrites7

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Dear Dakota | Academic Rivalry Story by booksbymina

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Whispered Obsessions

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