She never believed in love. He never expected to fall for her.At twenty-two, Kasy has one rule: never trust a man who says he loves you.Growing up, she watched her father turn the home that was supposed to be safe into a place of fear. Her mother’s words became the only lesson Kasy needed: love is nothing more than a beautiful lie men tell before they hurt you.So Kasy built walls around her heart and promised herself she would never become like her mother.Then she meets Edward.Cold, arrogant, infuriatingly charming, and determined to get under her skin, Edward is everything Kasy hates about men. Their constant clashes quickly turn into a dangerous attraction neither of them wants to admit.But falling for Edward comes with a price neither of them sees coming.Because years before they met, their families were connected by a secret that ended in betrayal, an affair, and murder.Edward’s mother once loved Kasy’s father. They planned to leave their families behind and start a new life together, but Edward’s father discovered their affair. Kasy’s father never made it out alive.Edward knows nothing about the truth.Kasy knows nothing about the past.And when a forgotten photograph and a letter written by Edward’s late mother finally bring the truth to light, the love they fought so hard to deny suddenly becomes the one thing standing between them and everything their families have built.Can Kasy learn that love doesn't always have to hurt?Or will the sins of their parents destroy the one love neither of them ever believed they could have?

Aria Hayes has never believed in love. She's watched enough relationships fall apart to know that forever is nothing more than a promise people eventually break. So she keeps her heart untouched, convinced that love is a beautiful illusion she wants no part of. Then Damien Blackwell needs her help. Desperate to solve a problem that could change his future, Damien approaches Aria with an offer she can't refuse. Their arrangement is supposed to be simple. He needs her help, and once the problem is solved, they can both walk away. But things don't stay simple. As Aria and Damien spend more time together, the walls she's built around herself begin to crack. For the first time, she starts experiencing feelings she doesn't know how to handle. Damien never set out to make Aria fall in love. He only needed her help. Yet somewhere between their arguments, unexpected moments, and growing attraction, she becomes far more important to him than he ever intended. Then a long-buried secret involving their families comes to light. A secret neither of them knew existed. And when the truth threatens to tear them apart, Aria must decide whether to hold on to the life she built without love or risk everything on a feeling she never believed was real. Because she never loved anyone before. Until Damien.

Zikora Hayes has no interest in becoming the center of attention at Westbrook University. She has enough to worry about without adding the campus’s most arrogant baseball star to the list. Toby Hayes is everything Zikora can’t stand: cocky, competitive, effortlessly charming, and completely convinced the world revolves around him. Their first encounter ends with a puddle splashed across Zikora’s clothes, and from that moment on, the two become sworn rivals. Every class, every competition, every accidental encounter becomes another battle. Neither of them is willing to back down, and their growing rivalry quickly becomes one of the most entertaining dramas on campus. But beneath the arguments and constant challenges, something neither of them expects begins to develop. Toby discovers that Zikora is more than the quiet girl he first underestimated. Zikora starts seeing the person behind Toby’s perfect athlete image, including the pressure he carries because of his father and the future everyone expects him to have. The closer they get, the harder it becomes to tell where their rivalry ends and their attraction begins. But falling for your biggest rival comes with consequences. Because sometimes the person who challenges you the most can become the person who understands you best. And Zikora and Toby are about to discover that they might be more than rivals.