First published 2013
Kendall Jordan arrives at Garrison University with no interest in romance. The twenty-year-old transfer student believes love is fake. Then she meets Cruise Elton, the campus playboy who offers her a casual hookup. Cruise shares her cynical view of relationships, but Kendall finds herself wanting more than one night. She hatches an unusual scheme. Instead of playing hard to get, she asks Cruise to teach her his methods. She wants to become Garrison's female player, learning his techniques for keeping things casual. Cruise agrees to mentor her in the art of emotional detachment. But as their lessons progress, both students discover their curriculum has flaws. The feelings they're trying to avoid keep surfacing. Their arrangement grows more complex as genuine attraction develops. Kendall and Cruise must decide whether their theories about love will survive actual experience.
Genres: romance, contemporary-romance, new-adult-romance, young-adult-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Garrison University
328 pages · Paperback · Skyscape