Ansley Matthewson is a die-hard Patriots fan who's always had football in her blood, thanks to her older brothers. As she enters her junior year of high school at VHS, she's facing the pressure of earning service hours for the state's Bright Futures scholarship program. But when an unexpected opportunity arises, Ansley finds herself on the sidelines of the varsity football team as the team's full-time water girl-although, she insists on calling herself the "team manager."
Malec Medici, on the other hand, is the living embodiment of every girl's fantasy: a star cornerback with killer looks, a privileged life, and the popularity that turns heads wherever he goes. Malec is used to being adored by everyone, especially the girls who can't seem to get enough of him. But when he notices that Ansley doesn't fall for his charms like every other girl, he's intrigued-no, determined to make her swoon.
What Malec doesn't expect, however, is how hard he's going to fall for Ansley in the process. With her unique blend of indifference to his status and a fierce passion for the game, she challenges everything Malec thought he knew about himself. The football field, teamwork, and rivalry start to blur as the two of them navigate their way through the hot tension, sparks, and surprises of this new arrangement.
Will Malec finally win Ansley's heart, or will she prove that even the star cornerback can't always have what he wants? What begins as a game of attraction becomes something neither of them could have ever anticipated.
Why wasn't I moving anymore? I'd gone still, muddled as what I should do. My eyes swept up off my body and on to the boy, catching a breath in my throat when he smirked in my direction, flicking two fingers two in the air.
"Hi," I read his lips. Helplessly, I become entangled in his soft spoken greeting, taking the first leap to the captivating boy in the corner.
I decided he was beautiful enough to become my distraction. My own little addiction until I left the safety of the pretend world we were all playing make-believe in.
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Right when Silvia Ellington is about to start her senior year, her mother decides to have her move in with her aloof father and his "perfect" family in California.
She promises to be on her best behavior, and for the most part, she's able to keep her snappy attitude in check...until she ends up going to a party one chilly night.
In the adolescent madness, she finds a tattooed boy named Dakota. He's ungodly tall and has crystal blue eyes that can sway any good girl to do bad things.
When they first meet, he makes it his job to show that he doesn't like Silvia. And he's got reasons.
All she has to do is disarm this bad boy and unlock the secrets he's keeping deep inside. Before they know it, Silvia and Dakota embark on an emotional roller-coaster of a relationship that is bound to ruin a few lives.
But when Silvia's own secrets come knocking on her door, will it tear them apart or will love prevail?
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