Unspoken Rules
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The consequences of a childhood crush don't end when the daydreams do...
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"You just have no idea," he murmured, voice thick with restraint.
"W-what?" I whispered, breathless.
His gaze dipped to my lips, his thumb grazing them again-calloused and rough against soft skin, sending tingles down my arms. The warmth in his eyes had vanished, replaced with something darker... something that burned.
"What you do to men."
His voice was husky-dangerous.
"What you do to me."
My knees nearly buckled, but he caught me, his hand gripping my waist, pulling me flush against him. Another hand curled beneath my ear, his fingers slipping into my curls like they belonged there.
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As a young girl, Charlotte Avery spent years hopelessly daydreaming about her Prince Charming-Archer Johnson, her brother's best friend. She never questioned the obvious truth: that he never saw her that way... and maybe never would.
On her 16th birthday, one overheard conversation shattered the illusion.
Creepy. That's what he called her.
From that moment, Charlotte vowed to never speak to, look at, or think about Archer Johnson again.
But fate has a twisted sense of humor.
Now eighteen and heading to college, Charlotte's trying to start fresh-until she finds out Archer is not only attending the same university...
He's also USC's star quarterback.
And still just as infuriating, magnetic, and off-limits as ever.
Follow Charlotte as she navigates first love, fresh wounds, campus chaos, and an attraction that refuses to die-even when every unspoken rule says it should.
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Top Rankings:
#1 - Hot
#1 - College Romance
#1 - Brother's Best Friend
#1 - Football
#1 - Brooding
#1 - Slow Burn
#1 - Quarterback
#1 - Athlete
#2 - New Adult
#2 - Player
#5 - Bad Boy
#73 - Romance
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