Shrinidhi_Muthu
Three years of perfect academic warfare. Two neighbors playing a dangerous game of pretend. One closed library door that changes absolutely everything.
To the rest of Rosewood High, Chase Archer is an enigma. He's the star soccer captain with a lethal face card, a short-tempered troublemaker, and an effortless math genius who hides his brilliant mind behind a nonchalant smirk. He is the ultimate *Mr. Popular Guy*-and he is completely, wildly obsessed with his next-door neighbor. Not that he'd ever let the world find out.
Naomi Brooks has exactly one rule for surviving her senior year: ignore the arrogant menace living across the lawn. As a competitive gymnast, cheer captain, and secret rom-com novelist, Naomi channels her fiery energy into maintaining her flawless GPA. She's witty, savage when provoked, and determined to keep her distance from the boy whose last name she secretly, fiercely adores.
But when a cruel twist of the grading curve forces them together as permanent chemistry lab partners, their carefully constructed walls begin to crack. From chaotic text-message blitzes to an accidental hand-measuring spark in calculus class, the palpable tension between *Archer* and Naomi quickly becomes a hazard to the entire student section.
When their creative worlds collide after-hours in the town library, the slow burn finally reaches its ignition point. Surrounded by towering wooden bookshelves, Chase is ready to drop his bad-boy defense mechanism and give her his whole world. But as he steps into her space, Naomi places a delicate finger over his lips to shut his mouth, forcing the ultimate power move before she can finally say his proper name out loud.
Will they finally drop the facade and admit what the entire universe already knows?
In this addictive, agonizingly cute enemies-to-lovers romance by Shrinidhi Muthu, two stubborn dorks are about to learn that in the game of young love, losing your guard is the only way to win.