Where Fire Meets Still Water

Abby Sharp, a fiery readhead, is everything a campus icon should be: co-captain of the cheer team, a standout in her sorority, and dating one of the university's star football players. Her life is curated, controlled, and exactly how everyone expects it to be. But when she's reluctantly paired with Ellie Monroe, a blonde, quiet, sharp-witted art student who keeps to herself, for a semester-long psychology project, Abby's polished world starts to crack. Ellie doesn't care about popularity, Greek life, or Abby's carefully built reputation but what's worse is that she sees right through her. What begins as irritation quickly turns into fascination, especially when another classmate starts to show interest in Ellie, triggering a jealousy Abby doesn't understand. As study sessions stretch into late nights and walls begin to fall, Abby is forced to confront the one truth she's spent her whole life avoiding: she might be falling for the last person she ever expected.