Paper Crown

Amara Cole has one rule: stay invisible. After her family's downfall, she's spent three years making sure nobody at Ashcombe High looks twice at her.

Kairo Voss doesn't run for student council. He doesn't need to - he already owns the school. Everyone owes him a favor, a secret, or a silence.

When he uncovers the one thing Amara's been hiding, he doesn't expose her. He makes her a deal instead: keep his secrets, run his errands, be his shadow - and he'll keep hers buried.

She tells herself it's just a job.
He tells himself it's just leverage.

Neither of them counted on falling for the person they were supposed to be using.

🖤 A slow-burn bad boy romance about power, secrets, and the crown neither of them asked to wear.