The Play

<p><b>A brand-new standalone novel in the New York Times 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 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.<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> Hooking up is a very bad idea. Now I just have to convince my body-and my heart.</p>