When Willa James transfers to Charleston University to hit reset, the last thing she expects is to end up roommates with Beau Montgomery. He's quiet, broody, and fiercely private, but there's something about him that draws her in. Over shared takeout, sarcastic debates, and late-night Netflix marathons, Willa slowly chips away at his walls. And soon, the silence between them starts to feel like home.
What Willa doesn't know is that Beau Montgomery, Charleston's golden-gloved outfielder, is still reeling from the rift that tore his family in half-and that his fraternal twin brother, Colton, was the spark that lit the fire.
And Colt? He's the same guy Willa had a searing, anonymous one-night stand with over the summer at a music festival in Tennessee. No first or last names. No expectations. Just a night she still can't forget. She never thought she'd see him again-until he walks into Beau's condo and back into her life.
Beau doesn't know about the night Willa spent with Colt. And Colt doesn't realize that the girl who's suddenly part of his fraternal twin brother's world is his Willa.
Torn between the brother who's been her anchor and the one who set her soul on fire, Willa is forced to reckon with what it means to truly love-and what happens when the heart wants two impossible things at once.
"You signed me up for what?" I shrieked at her. My best friend, who had volunteered me to test a new game that she wanted to make videos out of. A game that took ten girls and ten guys and forced them to become a couple. But the guys had to go around and choose who they wanted to try and date, to court and try to swoon. A twisted form of the bachelor or the bachelorette. A way of trying to force love. And she had written my name down without my permission.
"It's called The Boyfriend Games," she giggled. "We're gonna find you some love."
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I gasped looking up at the sincerity in his eyes. "I mean it. The other girls not only dolled their looks up, but they all put on a phony façade. The personality and laughter I see from them is all fake. But you... you only show what's real, no matter how different your appearance is. You're still the same Thera that you were before this started."
Chewing on my lip I looked up at him and took a deep breath before my reply. "I really have to pee."
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Started: Jan. 2015
Finished: July 2015