From Elizabeth Stevens, writing as E.J. Knox, comes…

The bad boy reluctant to damn the girl he loves…but she's going to get her man.

HAVING HER WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING. HE CAN'T HELP HIMSELF.

People call them the V.I.C.E.S. because they'll wring you for everything you are and leave you ruined. They are the Princes of Rosewood Hall, and no one says no to them. Until now.

Iago West. The fighter. He regularly beats other men unconscious, but he can't beat love into submission. He'll find that fighting doesn't have to be done with fists.

He enforces law and order. Their kind, at least. Used to people obeying him with nothing more than a look, he knows exactly what dreams to weave to make girls dripping for him.

All except me. He's never promised me anything. Oh, he'll flirt with me, but that's only because Iago doesn't have any other setting. I'm nothing more than a pseudo-little sister to him. Sweet, innocent little Clove who could never be more. But I've been one kiss away from being in love with him for years. And I'm not waiting any longer.

I'll show him that the best dreams are the ones come true.

This is a dark, angsty, contemporary high school, frenemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance with enough steam to melt your screen. Do not engage in public consumption unless your poker face is impenetrable.

Do not read if you don't like bossy alpha males trying to do right by her, a nerdy but feisty heroine determined to make him admit they've always been more than just friends, sassy besties, snarky love-to-hate-them side characters, or bad boys with secret hearts of gold.

This book is written using Australian English. This will affect the spelling, grammar and syntax you may be used to. It might come across as typos, awkward sentences, poor grammar, or missed/wrong words. In the majority of cases (I won't claim it's infallible, despite all best efforts), this is intentional and just an Aussie way of speaking (it took my US beta readers a bit to get used to). I can't say 'the' Aussie way, since we seem to differ even within the same state. Just think of us as a weird mix of British and US vernacular and colloquialisms, but with our own randomness thrown in. I still hope you enjoy it, though!

Contains possible triggers.