The Fine Line Between Us
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Last published Sun, Jan 11, 2026
Avery Carter has everything planned. Top grades, the Marston Scholarship, and a flawless senior year. Nothing can ruin it until Eli Reyes walks back into her life.
He is her rival in every sense: confident, competitive, and impossible to ignore. When they are forced to work together on a year-long project, old tensions flare and new feelings begin to surface.
As late nights blur into something more, Avery starts to question what she really wants: perfection, or the one person who challenges her to let it go.
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