Author's Note & Tropes

𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 & 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚 have spent four years perfecting the art of hating each other.

Same volleyball team. Same impossible dreams. Completely different worlds.

𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙧 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 is the all-American sweetheart with a famous father and a Stanford scholarship - everything handed to her on a silver platter. Or so Campbell thinks.

𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙚 is the ruthless team captain who clawed her way to a Berkeley full-ride, determined to prove she's the best player on the court, even if it means tearing down the one girl who won't get out of her way.

Their rivalry is legendary. Their chemistry? Undeniable.

What starts as a hate-fueled hookup in the back of a charter bus becomes an obsession neither can shake. Stolen moments. Dangerous kisses. The kind of want that blurs every line they've ever drawn.

But it's 2012 in small-town California, and girls like them don't get happy endings - especially when they're headed to rival colleges, destined to face each other across the net for years to come.

From heated locker room encounters to cross-state booty calls, from the pressure of D1 volleyball to the weight of unspoken feelings, Briar and Campbell navigate a decade-long game of push and pull. Because sometimes your greatest rival is the only person who truly sees you.

And sometimes the hardest shot to make is the one that could win you everything - or cost you the only thing that matters.

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Enemies to lovers • Forced proximity • Rivals to lovers • Sapphic romance • Sports romance • Touch her and I'll kill you • Obsessive love • Second Chance romance