"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬?"
"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞."
Ryan O'Connell and Solana Scott are the leaders of the two most popular social groups at Willow Brook High School; the Army and the Barbies, respectively. So when their bitter rivals join their school, they reluctantly team up to stop their hijinks.
One problem, they hate each other, or so they think.
Another problem: A scandalous, racy photograph of (drunk) Sol draped all over Ryan has gone viral.
And as if things couldn't get worse, a popular reality show is coming to Willow Brook, forcing 𝐑𝐲𝐚𝐧 and 𝐒𝐨𝐥 to start "dating" to beat their own enemies for America's Favorite Couple.
But is Sol just in it to clear up the photo? Or because she loves winning?
Does Ryan just want to make his ex jealous?
Whatever their motives, they sorta fall for real, even though they'd never admit it, before a life-changing secret rips them apart.
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐦, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥, 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡, but they didn't.
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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