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Seventeen-year-old Lily Bennett has spent most of her life trying not to be noticed. At Westview High, quiet is safe. Invisible is easier. And if she keeps her head down long enough, maybe Ryder Black-the school's resident storm cloud-will stop making a game out of tormenting her. But when Lily is assigned to tutor Ryder, the worst day of her life becomes the beginning of something she never expected. Ryder is still sharp-edged and impossible, but he's also... different. Softer in the moments no one sees. Protective in ways he can't explain. And for reasons Lily doesn't understand, he warns her to stay away from Carter Brooks, the golden-boy quarterback she's secretly crushed on for years. When Carter suddenly starts paying attention to her, Lily feels like her story is finally changing. Until she finds out the truth.

𝘾𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙑𝙚𝙜𝙖, 𝙖 𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡, 𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙯𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙭. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙚'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝, 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢?