by Monica Seles
First published 2014
Maya thought getting into The Academy was hard, but staying proves harder. This elite sports school demands more than athletic ability. It requires celebrity status. Maya earns her breakthrough moment with a stellar semifinal performance at a tennis tournament. The media crowns her The Next Big Thing. A prestigious modeling contract follows. Then Maya discovers her co-star will be Jake Reed, her devastatingly attractive former boyfriend. Nicole, Maya's academy rival, desperately wants this same job. Maya had finally moved past Jake's betrayal and Nicole's role in it. Now she finds herself pulled back into their toxic web of jealousy and romantic tension. Maya holds one advantage. She knows Nicole's newest secret, and at The Academy, gossip becomes a weapon of survival.
Genres: romance, contemporary, sports, young-adult
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, second-chance
Setting: The Academy
216 pages · Paperback · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC