uh oh, dean di laurentis

He's Briar U's golden boy.

Cocky. Infuriating. Completely convinced the world will bend for him.

Ava Graham doesn't bend.

She studies law. She works at Malone's. She survives Briar University by staying far away from hockey players-and everything they represent.

Especially Dean Di Laurentis.

Her brother's teammate.
Her biggest annoyance.
And the one person who seems determined to get under her skin just to see what happens when she finally breaks.

Ava hates everything about him.

The arrogance. The attention. The way people orbit around him like he's untouchable.

But hatred starts to blur when forced proximity turns into routine. When sharp arguments turn into familiar patterns. When Dean stops treating her like a game... and starts looking at her like she's the only thing that actually challenges him.

She doesn't fall for people like him.

She never has.

But Dean Di Laurentis has never been good at playing by rules.

And Ava Graham is about to learn that some distractions don't go away-

They wait for you to notice them back.

A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance set in the Briar U universe, where pride is loud, chemistry is inconvenient, and the one person you shouldn't want is exactly the one who won't leave you alone.