Hawthorne University

I've never hated anyone as much as I hate him. The day my sister died, I told her best friend I never wanted to see him again, and I meant it. I lost her because of him. Everything I used to care about means nothing now because of him. It's all because of him. So when he shows up on my driveway two years later and tells me he's moving in with me for his freshman year of college, I kick his ass and tell him to disappear. For good this time. But I already know the defiant little brat's not gonna listen. He never does. Being near him again makes me crazy. I'm supposed to be the college basketball star my father raised me to be, but now I'm focused on a new game. I'm obsessed with watching him, touching him, breaking him. His body, his head, his heart, anything I can get my hands on… I'm gonna take it all until he's got nothing left. And even though he knows exactly what I'm doing to him, he's gonna let me do it anyway.

I didn't know if I'd ever see him again. Adam Kane. My best friend, stepbrother... and the guy I fell for when I was eighteen. Three and a half years ago, Adam had a choice to make. Spoiler alert-he didn't choose me. He left me after our high school graduation and took my heart with him. Now he's back, living with me and my teammates, and the real kicker? He wants to be friends again. Brothers. He wants things to go back to the way they were before. Before he broke me. Before he broke us. My happy-go-lucky facade is slipping, and the person I keep caged beneath the surface is starting to become visible through the cracks. I shouldn't be allowing him back into my life. It's too risky. But I can't push him away. Consequences be damned, I find myself doing the opposite, unable to resist taking everything I've ever wanted. I've waited long enough. Now that he's within reach, I'm not letting him get away a second time. I'm making him mine again. And I'll do whatever it takes to keep him.