A brand-new standalone novel in the New York Times bestselling Briar U series!

What I learned after last year’s distractions cost my hockey team our entire season? No more screwing up. No more screwing, period. As the new team captain, I need a new philosophy: hockey and school now, women later. Which means that I, Hunter Davenport, am officially going celibate…no matter how hard that makes things.

But there’s nothing in the rulebook that says I can’t be friends with a woman. And I won’t lie—my new classmate Demi Davis is one cool chick. Her smart mouth is hot as hell, and so is the rest of her, but the fact that she’s got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her.

Except three months into our friendship, Demi is single and looking for a rebound.

And she’s making a play for me.

Avoiding her is impossible. We’re paired up on a yearlong school project, but I’m confident I can resist her. We’d never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our goals aren’t aligned, and her parents hate my guts.

Hooking up is a very bad idea. Now I just have to convince my body—and my heart.

I love Elle Kennedy new adult romances… and The Play was simply amazing! Elle slays with her words, the very feeling of being back in college with the hot athletes and good friends and let’s not even get into the witty banter.

I absolutely adored Monk and Semi… the nicknames themselves just adorable. Hunter made a vow to himself to abstain from sex and relationships and I was impressed by his strength in sticking to his guns. Especially with Demi looking for her fun rebound.

This story was more than your typical college sports romance… these characters feel like family… the story having such depth and the characters and situations so realistic that you FEEL EVERYTHING.

I’m a huge fan and have been throughout every book release and I’m always anxiously anticipating what Kennedy has in store for us next. ❤️