SYNOPSISAfter being falsely accused of academic fraud, Ariana Brooks loses everything—her scholarship, her reputation, and the future she had spent years building.Desperate for a second chance, she transfers to the prestigious Northcrest University, hoping no one knows who she is.She makes herself one promise.Stay invisible. Graduate. Leave.Unfortunately...That plan falls apart on her very first day.In front of hundreds of students, she accidentally spills an entire cup of iced coffee over the campus celebrity—Liam Carter, captain of the Northcrest Wolves hockey team.Cold.Arrogant.Drop-dead gorgeous.And completely unforgiving.Humiliated before his teammates and fans, Liam declares war.From that day onward, Ariana becomes the girl everyone laughs at.But neither of them expects the university to pair them for a charity project worth forty percent of their semester grade.Now they're forced to spend weeks together.Every argument reveals another secret.Every fight exposes another scar.And every stolen glance makes it harder to remember why they hated each other in the first place.Yet love isn't their biggest obstacle.Someone from Ariana's past is determined to destroy her new beginning.At the same time, Liam hides a devastating injury that could end his hockey career forever.As lies, betrayals, jealous rivals, and heartbreaking sacrifices threaten to tear them apart, they'll have to decide if love is worth risking everything they've fought to rebuild.