North Ridge campus

Phoenix Ella Adams came to North Ridge University with one plan: keep her head down, get her degree, and leave the past exactly where she left it.

For months, she does exactly that-studying, avoiding distractions, and keeping her life simple.

Until one night she decides to stop playing it safe.

A campus social app.
A frat party.
One reckless decision with charming football player Cole Oakes.

It was supposed to be nothing more than a hookup-just one night to forget the pressure of school and everything she left behind in her hometown.

But the next morning changes everything.

Because when Ella returns to the football house, she runs into the one person she never expected to see again.

Jordan Davis.

The boy she never dated.
The boy she never got over.
The boy who was the only one who ever called her Phoenix.

Now he's suddenly everywhere-her classes, her campus, and somehow always right where she least expects him.

With Cole refusing to let their one-night stand stay casual and Jordan reappearing in her life like no time has passed at all, Ella finds herself caught between the thrill of something new and the gravity of something she never finished.

At North Ridge University, where secrets travel fast and parties last until sunrise, Ella is about to learn that some connections never really fade.