Tommy Carpenter moves to a college six hours away from the tormented version of himself who was bullied in high school for being gay. He has a plan this time so it doesn't happen again:
Earbuds in, head down, he'll be fine.
It's just him and Giana, who just gets him, and the anxious voice in his head that always has something to say.
In order to join the fraternity his dad had been a part of back in the day, Christian Acosta had to make a deal just to get into Murphy and Galloway College after initially being rejected.
A deal that's found out by current frat leader Drew, who never forgot what Tommy did to him and what that cost him...
Christian finds himself blackmailed into a deal with Drew, that begins with him inserting himself in Tommy's life to play pretend.
Somewhere along the lines, it's not pretend anymore.
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"I love him."
"I don't believe you. There's no way you can love someone, and do this."
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CW - Mature 🖤 Please read all disclaimers. This book includes underage drug use and drinking, physical violence, SA, detailed sex scenes, etc.
Seventeen years old Sam Adams doesn't do well with people. He prefers staying home on the weekends and staying away from parties.
He has only one friend- and that's his older sister, who is now off to college, leaving Sam to spend his days at home with his mom and his painting.
Until one day, his mother decides to transfer him to an all-boy boarding school, thinking that will force her son to socialize.
But Sam didn't tell her that at his old school, he was being bullied. The broken arm she thought had occurred from falling was actually caused by bullies.
Now in his new school, Sam learns that everyone has a club they belong to. Sam knows that no one will want to befriend the shy, introvert boy who spends his days drawing.
But you can't stay alone in this school, which Sam comes to realise when the school's bullies pick him as their new target, and that makes Sam think that this is how he'll spend the rest of his two years in school.
Until suddenly, the most secluded club decides to defend Sam and take him under their wings.
No one is as surprised as Sam that the group of four scary boys wants to include the quiet boy in their club.
But the most shocking thing is that the cold, feared boy named Ren starts showing Sam his soft and kind side no one ever got to see.
Maybe this new school won't be as bad as Sam thought.