The List

Two rivals. One girl. And one pasta-receipt list.

Leia Springs was drunk out of her mind when she and her best friends made the list, twelve tasks to be done with a stranger over three months to make them fall in love. It was never meant to see the light of day... and it didn't.

But by firelight, it made its way into the hands of her rival school's bad boy, Liam Aurez. He's not one to back down from anything--and when he's dared to take on the list with Leia, they can't exactly refuse.

That night sets them on a collision course as they navigate the few months before university bound together, but the lines begin to blur when she discovers his nemesis is none other than the most popular boy in her school, Theo Westley--who happens to be her ex boyfriend.

Theo is nowhere near done with Leia. And Liam is just getting started.

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"I'm sorry I dented your reputation," I say, pinching the bridge of my nose.

"I'm sorry you still love that jackass."

I whirl to him, but he's not looking at me. "He's not that bad."

"If you still love him, you clearly haven't seen it."

I cross my arms again. "He always said you were a liar."

"Did he now?" Liam asks. He stands and walks over to me, almost as close as Theo was only minutes before. Liam is an inch taller. "Did he tell you how ruthless I am? How stubborn? How relentless I am going after what I want?"

The air between us tingles with electricity, different than with Theo. While with Theo it was a frenzied charge, here it's... teasing. Taking its sweet time raking its claws up and down my ribcage as I struggle to breathe.

"You say this is a game, and I agree," he purrs. "But I didn't realize until that party that I'm on the losing side."

So fast I barely have time to react, his arm shoots out and spins me around, pressing me hard against his chest. "And I don't like to lose."

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Some mature language, sexual scenes.