Introduction: A brand-new standalone novel in the New York Times bestselling Briar U series!What I learned after last year鈥檚 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鈥?o matter how hard that makes things.But there鈥檚 nothing in the rulebook that says I can鈥檛 be friends with a woman. And I won鈥檛 lie鈥攎y 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 making a play for me.Avoiding her is impossible. We鈥檙e paired up on a yearlong school project, but I鈥檓 confident I can resist her. We鈥檇 never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our goals aren鈥檛 aligned, and her parents hate my guts.Hooking up is a very bad idea. Now I just have to convince my body鈥攁nd my heart.College Romance New Adult Romance Sports Romance...