We never should've been anything more than roommates.DREW: Life dealing me a hard blow is nothing new. What's one more sucker punch?When my uncle offers me a job working at his MMA training center, I jump at the chance to turn my life around . . . not upside down and questioning everything I know about myself. Light Heavyweight Champion Asher Ramsey is the definition of a ladies' man. His stormy gray eyes and inked skin call to the artist in me and...

Our time together has an expiration date.HAYDEN: I don't remember a time when I didn't love him. The only guy I've ever wanted sees me as nothing more than the kid next door and his younger sister's best friend. But when Dean comes home after college graduation, things are different. I've grown up, and the way his golden-brown gaze scorches a path over my body tells me he's noticed. When he makes me an offer I should refuse, I'm caught between my feelings for him and logic screamin...

It started with a video that went viral—me proposing to my best friend in the middle of a sandy beach. The sun was bright, water glittering . . .Actually, back up. It started with me tripping and landing on one knee in the sand while trying to catch a frisbee. As a joke, I asked him to marry me, and he even let me slide a makeshift ring onto his finger. We had no idea some has-been social media influencer was filming just up the shore.The faux romantic moment between us was...

A closed-off bartender. An outgoing college athlete. Sparks fly . . . but will anyone win this battle of wills?BEARD: Oh, I want him. But it's too risky.My past isn't pretty. After a disastrous incident nearly destroyed me, I rose from the ashes to reclaim my life. I may not be happy, but I'm comfortable. And I'll never let anyone get close enough to hurt me again. But then six feet of pure temptation walks through the doors of my bar . . . repeatedly . . . for a year. I've...

Rendon may be a virgin but Nash is the one who has no clue what he's doing.Rendon: Nash is football royalty in this town and has an ego to match. We met at a party—the last place I wanted to be. Full of confident swagger, the campus playboy approached me. It was hard to believe he was interested in me, but he was. Interested in hooking up, that is.When things ended before they really even began, we agreed once the semester started it'd be best to k...

The straight rich jock would never date his family's gay hired help, right?Colton: Crushing on the town's star football player is a bad idea for a few reasons. One, Logan's straight. And has a girlfriend. That alone makes anything between us impossible. Two, living in the guesthouse with my family on his parents' estate, I'm really just the unnoticed lawn guy. Our social status difference is night and day.Those reasons are now irrelevant, b...

Tristan thinks I don't notice him. He couldn't be more wrong. What he doesn't realize is that we've met before.Memphis: The second I spotted him on campus I made the decision to avoid him. Though I told myself it was the right thing to do because of our history, it was more difficult than I'd anticipated.At a frat party to celebrate the Saints' latest win, I'm confronted by a walking hurricane drenched in emo vibes—otherwise known as Trista...

The Faker Rulebook: A perfect guide to a successful fake relationship with your straight best friend.Noah: Rook Oliveira stumbled into my life when I was eleven years old. Being the scrawny new kid at school with a mouth full of braces, I never expected to become unlikely best friends with the most popular boy in seventh grade.At eighteen, I gathered the courage to tell him I was gay and admitted I'd never kissed a guy. He offered to be my...

The boundaries of our friendship are tested and lines are crossed.RUSH: I'm in love with my best friend.There wasn't an exact moment when I fell for him. It was something that grew and evolved over time. He loves me back, but it'll never be more than platonic. It can't be because he's straight. Then one night he kissed me and left me with more questions than answers. The very next morning my trust was shattered by a family secret. I'd been lied to ...

We're friends, teammates—and we hook up. Often.Shaw: He's intense and the heat of his stare is hot enough to set fires. The first time we got together, it was a spontaneous earth-shattering moment. I wanted more. So, of course I popped the question. "Yours or mine for round two?" That’s where the trouble began. We agreed on an exclusive, no strings arrangement. When one of us is ready to walk away, we'll still be friends. Perfect, right? He's not exactly a...

Phoenix—I never intended to become a stripper.Two years ago I was in Nashville chasing the songwriter dream. Sleepless nights between day jobs were spent writing rock ballads and trying to make a name for myself.That all changed with one phone call that forced me to return to Atlanta. Needing consistent income to pay the mountain of debt I'd come home to, I traded stripping my soul for stripping my clothes.Then Archer West comes crashing into my VIP...

My brother's best friend is the biggest player on campus—both on the basketball court and between the sheets.Not that I can blame the swarm of girls that worship Knight Jackson's size fourteen sneaker-covered feet. I've been in love with him for as long as I can remember. He's been breaking my heart for just as long.While I'd been busy memorizing every detail about him, he'd never seen me as anything other than Pace's younger brother. It wasn't smart to cru...