The Play

A brand-new standalone novel in the New York Times bestselling Briar U series!What I learned after last year`s 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…no matter how hard that makes things.But there`s nothing in the rulebook that says I can`t be friends with a woman. And I won`t lie - my 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`s 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`s making a play for me.Avoiding her is impossible. We`re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I`m confident I can resist her. We`d never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our goals aren`t aligned, and her parents hate my guts.Hooking up is a very bad idea. Now I just have to convince my body - and my heart.