"In a world full of secrets, trust is the hardest game to play."
After a crushing defeat, Adam Harper, the star player from Harmington's rival school, turns to Ophelia, the elusive and mysterious leader of the school's most prestigious society, in search of answers about his missing friend, Chloe.
Ophelia Arden is the enigmatic leader of Harmington College's politics society, living a life mostly hidden from the broader campus. Her peers know her as sharp, confident, and untouchable, but after Harmington's biggest rivalry game ends in defeat, her secretive world collides with Adam Harper's. Adam, a star athlete from Stratford University, isn't interested in Ophelia for her reputatio-he's desperate for answers about Chloe, a girl from his past who has gone missing under mysterious circumstances. Convinced that Ophelia holds the key to finding her, Adam enters Ophelia's carefully constructed world. But as their paths become intertwined, secrets unravel, and Adam begins to see there's more to Ophelia than meets the eye. What starts as a search for answers soon pulls them both into a web of politics, rivalries, and hidden truths.
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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