The Gray Effect ✓ | Northridge Series # Book 1

Sophia Honey never expected college to mean sharing an apartment with her childhood nemesis.

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Freshman Sophia Honey never imagined her brother would stick her with Theo Gray-his best friend and her childhood nemesis-as her roommate. But things get complicated fast. Theo, with his shirtless mornings, flirty remarks, and those intense stares, pushes all of her buttons. Just when Sophia thinks she can handle their awkward living arrangement, she discovers he's not just popular-he's one of the hottest seniors on campus. And as the star of the hockey team, his status skyrockets, forcing her to tread carefully around him to avoid drama.

But drama comes knocking When Sophia lands a side gig with the seniors in her photography department to make some extra cash, she doesn't expect her first assignment to be Theo Gray shirtless in front of her camera. She definitely doesn't expect him to say yes with that smug grin-and one condition.

What he wants in return?
Not money.
Something else.
Something dangerous.

As the photo sessions begin, so does the unraveling.

Their banter becomes charged. His touches linger. Her defenses slip. And then one night-when he comes home drunk, eyes glassy, words slurred but honest-he breaks every version of him she thought she knew.

Gone is the boy who annoyed her growing up.
This Theo is raw. Complex. Broken in places she never noticed before.
And now she wants things she's never dared to want.

His kisses.
His hands.
His body-yes-but also his secrets, his pain... him.

What started as a paycheck becomes a dangerous line they can't stop crossing.
And the more she sees him, truly sees him, the more she wonders-

What if falling for Theo Gray was the real assignment all along?