Riley never planned to work for Jax Maddox—the arrogant, insufferable, and ridiculously good-looking tennis champion. She only took the job when her twin sister, Vanessa falsely applied for an elite assistant position under her name, landed it, and then vanished. But now, she’s stuck—answering to Jax’s impossible demands, biting back her sharp retorts, and trying not to lose her mind (or the job) under his relentless teasing. Jax Maddox doesn’t do assistants. They never last. And yet, there’s something about Riley—her sharp mouth, her refusal to be intimidated by him—that gets under his skin. So, instead of firing her, he makes her life miserable just to see how long she’ll last. But Riley has bigger things to worry about—like Leo Carter, Jax’s friend and the only man who has ever made her heart race at first sight. As Leo turns up the charm and Jax turns up the torment, Riley finds herself caught between two men who are used to winning. Riley has to decide: will she play it safe, or will she risk everything—including her heart? And for whom—Leo or Jax?

When overachieving senior Harper James lies to her mom about having a boyfriend to avoid yet another lecture on her nonexistent love life, she’s forced to recruit the most unlikely candidate: Liam Carter Brooks, the charming but cocky troublemaker. Liam agrees to play along, but only because he needs Harper’s help convincing the school board to reinstate him on the soccer team after playing a series of dangerous pranks. What Harper doesn’t know is that Liam has other plans of his own. He’s nursing a grudge against her family. Agreeing to be her fake boyfriend isn’t just a favor; it’s a part of his carefully crafted plan to ruin her and her family. But as their pretend relationship blurs into something dangerously real, Liam begins to question whether revenge is worth losing the one person who’s willing to see beyond his flaws.