Quinn
I have one chance to escape my small town and the depressing reality that awaits me there. I have to stay focused. Maintain my GPA to keep my scholarship, submit my application for study abroad, and nail the interview. No distractions. This time next year, I'll be spending my days sipping café au lait and snacking on pain au chocolat in France, my old life firmly in the rearview mirror.
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Until a rare stumble leaves me late to class on the first day and my newly-assigned project partner couldn’t be less worried about acing our project. At first, it’s easy to dismiss Cole’s annoyingly good looks and focus on the task at hand. But the more time we spend together, the more I realize that this cocky pretty boy isn’t what first impressions led me to believe.
I’ve never had trouble focusing before, but Cole Cassidy has the potential to be the one thing I can’t afford right now—a distraction.
Cole
My senior year is finally here, and if I had to sum up my Eastwood experience in one word, it would be easy. Acing my classes is easy. Making sales is easy. Being an acquaintance to all—but a friend to none—is easy.
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I like easy, because it keeps me at a comfortable distance from the messiness I see around me. Easy = simple, which is all I’m looking for during my final year.
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But then my semester starts off with a literal bang when the door to my statistics class busts open at the last second, and a beautiful girl blushes and starts stomping my way.​
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Being partnered with Quinn Parker is a shockwave to the effortless life I’ve curated for myself. Something about her keeps drawing me in, and I can’t stay away.
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Do I want to play with fire? Or extinguish any chances at getting burned?
Rina
This was supposed to be a stress-free semester, but everyone insists on making it hard.
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My dad won’t stop nagging me about my future, my new roommates are attached at the hip with no room for one more, and Brady didn’t get the memo that our friends-with-benefits situation is over. Permanently.
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Yeah, we have great sex. And yes, he’s gorgeous, makes me laugh, and is fun to be around. So what?
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Things were starting to feel complicated, and I don’t have time for complicated. Between my shifts at Byrdie’s Diner, classes, and avoiding my family I barely have enough time to put on makeup, let alone random romps in Brady’s Love Shack.
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He shouldn’t be too hard to resist. Right?
Brady
Life is great.
School’s going well, I love my job, and Mother Earth is thriving. I’m leading the charge with my fellow Green Dreamers to save a local horse farm from commercial development, and victory is the only outcome I’m considering.
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There’s just one teeny-tiny thing that could make things better: a stubborn, unavailable, raven-haired beauty named Rina.
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Sex with Rina is explosive and our friendship is easy. At least it was, until she unilaterally declared us over and done with.
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Neither one of us wants a relationship, so what’s the harm in a little fun?