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As kids, Leah and Tanner hated each other. To this day, they still do. Tanner Cole is tall, dark, tattooed, and insanely attractive, though his ugly heart drowns all of this out to Leah. At eighteen years old, all Leah wants is to go off to college and have a great college experience, but when she realizes that Tanner already goes to Berkeley her hopes of this are dashed. She prays she can somehow steer clear of him, but everywhere she looks, he is there. Seeing no way out of avoiding him, she agrees to a truce though as they spend more time around each other sparks sizzle between Leah and Tanner and soon Leah can't help but strangely crave her frenemy's company and his body which is only a recipe for disaster.
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(WARNING: 18+) This book contains minor violence, and explicit sex scenes.
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