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The Deal (TV Tie-In Edition)

by Elle Kennedy

A campus bargain with competing stakes

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    Elle Kennedy, described as a New York Times bestseller

    The source describes Elle Kennedy as a New York Times bestseller.

AlbakiReads Editorial

A campus bargain with competing stakes

College romance and hockey ambitions intersect in Hannah and Garrett’s arrangement: she tutors the team captain, while he agrees to pose as her date. Their bargain begins with separate goals—Hannah hopes to attract someone else’s attention, and Garrett needs to improve his academic standing to protect his professional hockey prospects. The premise sets up a relationship shaped by mutual favors, attraction, and the difference between a pretend date and what each character wants for themselves. As the first book in the Off-Campus series, this TV tie-in edition introduces the series’ college setting and its blend of romance with athletic and academic pressures.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult readers interested in new adult college romance
  • Readers who enjoy romance involving hockey and campus life
  • Readers interested in a story built around a pretend-date arrangement

Themes

College lifeHockey ambitionsAcademic pressurePretend datingAttraction and self-confidence

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Book overview

New York Times bestseller and TikTok sensation Elle Kennedy brings you the first in the sexy Off-Campus series that everyone is talking about.

The series that inspired Amazon Prime's Off-Campus - Now Streaming!

She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy...

Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush's attention, she'll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice...even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date.

...and it's going to be oh so good

All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he's worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he's all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn't take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn't going to cut it. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.

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