First published 2023
Blair is failing statistics and running out of options. When she discovers that Wes Reynolds, a basketball player she has already managed to offend, is actually the sharpest person on campus with numbers, she has no choice but to swallow her pride and ask him for help. He is not interested. She asks anyway. Wes has a reputation as the guy who sleeps through class and coasts on talent, and he is fine letting Blair believe that. What he does not expect is how hard it is to say no to someone that determined. They start meeting to work through probability problems. She surprises him. He surprises her back. The longer they study together, the harder it gets to pretend the only thing between them is a textbook. Blair came looking for a tutor. Wes thought he wanted to be left alone. One semester forces both of them to rethink what they actually need. The Assist is a college sports romance that flips the tired tutoring trope on its head and puts two equally stubborn, equally capable people in a room together to see what happens.
Genres: romance, contemporary, contemporary-romance, sports-romance, college-romance, new-adult-romance
Vibes: charming, engaging, lighthearted, romantic, witty
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, slow-burn, tutoring-romance
Setting: college campus
330 pages · Paperback · Ajmr Holdings