The Rival Effect

Marco Villanueva has loved Lucas Valdez long before anyone else had the chance to.

So when Natalia Reyes walks into Lucas' life---beautiful, confident, and clearly interested--Marco immediately sees her as one thing: competition.

After all, Lucas is bisexual. Which means neither of them has the advantage, and neither of them is willing to give up.

What begins as subtle insults, tense conversations, and an unspoken war for Lucas' attention slowly turns into something neither of them expects. Because the more time Marco and Natalia spend around each other, the harder it becomes to ignore the truth.

They understand each other in ways Lucas never could.

Between arguments that turn into laughter and rivalry that slowly softens into something deeper, Marco starts realizing something he never thought possible.

Maybe the person he was meant to fall for... was never Lucas at all.

And maybe the rival he swore to hate is the one person he can't seem to stay away from.