The Play (Briar U Book 3)
<b>A brand-new standalone novel in the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling Briar U series!</b> <br> <br>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. <br> <br>But there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be <i>friends</i> 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. <br> <br>Except three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound. <br> <br>And she’s making a play for me. <br> <br>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 goals aren’t aligned, and her parents hate my guts. <br> <br>Hooking up is a very bad idea. Now I just have to convince my body—and my heart.