Playing Hard to Get

When quiet, introverted you become the English tutor for Knox Maguire—the loud, charming star of the football team—you're determined to keep things strictly professional. After all, your athlete ex-father taught you everything you need to know about guys like him, and Knox's reputation as a player should be warning enough. But there's something unexpectedly genuine beneath his confident swagger, and when late-night tutoring sessions turn steamy in the library, your resolve crumbles faster than you'd like to admit. As you find yourself drawn deeper into his world and falling harder than you ever thought possible, the real question becomes: can you trust that what you have is real, or are you about to repeat your mother's heartbreaking history?