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Briar U · Book 3

The Play

A newly celibate college hockey captain discovers that his vow is no match for his sharp-tongued study partner. Kennedy's signature banter and simmering friends-to-lovers tension make it catnip for new adult romance fans who love a slow unraveling.

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A newly celibate college hockey captain discovers that his vow is no match for his sharp-tongued study partner. Kennedy's signature banter and simmering friends-to-lovers tension make it catnip for new adult romance fans who love a slow unraveling.

Heat check●●●●●

Spicy. Open-door scenes and at least one chapter you’ll reread with the brightness turned down.

The setup

What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. No more screwing, period. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school now, women later. Which means that I, Hunter Davenport, am officially going celibate…no matter how hard that makes things. But there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be friends with a woman. And I won’t lie—my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. Her smart mouth is hot as hell, and so is the rest of her, but the fact that she’s got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her. Except three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound. And she’s making a play for me. Avoiding her is impossible. We’re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I’m confident I can resist her. We’d never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our…

Heatcheck

●●●●●Spicy

Spicy. Open-door scenes and at least one chapter you’ll reread with the brightness turned down.

The setup

What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. No more screwing, period. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school now, women later. Which means that I, Hunter Davenport, am officially going celibate…no matter how hard that makes things. But there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be friends with a woman. And I won’t lie—my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. Her smart mouth is hot as hell, and so is the rest of her, but the fact that she’s got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her. Except three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound. And she’s making a play for me. Avoiding her is impossible. We’re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I’m confident I can resist her. We’d never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our…

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