When a devastated woman returns home after flunking out of grad school, her cheating ex delivers the ultimate blow by calling her boring — so she steals his boss's prized memorabilia in a fit of revenge-fueled pettiness. Caught red-handed by the infuriatingly attractive Hayes Farrow, she's faced with an impossible choice: jail time or working off her debt to the man she's despised for years. What starts as forced proximity and sarcastic banter gradually transforms into something neither of them saw coming, but her brother's long-standing vendetta against Hayes threatens to unravel everything she's beginning to feel. A deliciously fun enemies-to-lovers story about second chances, standing up for yourself, and discovering that sometimes the person you hate most is exactly who you need.

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