College has rules. I broke three in one night. Don’t trespass in a university building. Don’t kiss your brother’s best friend. And definitely don’t get caught doing both at the same time.Now, thanks to a very inconvenient security camera, I owe sixty hours of community service… with Alfie Spencer, the brooding, infuriating, unfairly hot geology nerd I’ve secretly wanted for years.And just when I think things can’t get worse? He asks me to pretend to be his girlfriend to keep his powerful, impossibly rich family off his back.The arrangement is simple: Fake a relationship to fool his parents. Sell it like our lives depend on it. Absolutely do not fall for him.But every time he looks at me, I feel it everywhere. Every time he touches me, I forget we’re pretending.Because this was never supposed to feel real.Because Alfie Spencer doesn’t do love.Because when this ends… I’m not sure I’ll survive it.Book 2 in the University of Mountain Springs series – but can be read as a standalone.Perfect for readers who love: Brother’s best friend tension College romance Fake dating with real feelings Grumpy x Sunshine (but he’s secretly obsessed with her) Slow-burn spice, stolen glances, and too much heatA hot, angsty college romance about fake dating, forbidden tension, and the boy who was never supposed to be mine. If you love delicious slow-burn, heartbreakingly soft moments, and the kind of love story that starts with a felony—this one’s for you.