Published: March 11, 2025
Length: 9 hours and 3 minutes
Format: Audiobook
Genre: New Adult
Characters: Maverick Houston and Stevie
POV: dual, 1st person

𝒞𝑜𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓉:
꧁•⊹٭ childhood friends to enemies to lovers ༊*·˚. fake dating ༊*·˚. small town ༊*·˚. college sports romance ༊*·˚. football ༊*·˚. ༊*·˚. volleyball ༊*·˚. virgin heroine ༊*·˚. he’s a player ༊*·˚. grief/ death ٭⊹•꧂

Review

Devney Perry saved the best for last! Hands down, my favorite in the series. It had it all! Angst, wit, steam, and lots of heart. Their banter was delightful, their chemistry was sizzling hot, and the slow burn was absolutely worth it. And the audiobook was top notch on top of it all.

“It’s just a kiss, not like it means anything”

“I preferred her in nothing at all, but I liked this too. Relaxed and happy. Smiling for me and only me.”

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ This is book 5 in the Treasure State Wildcats Series. Each book in this series features a different couple and can be read as a standalone, but for maximum enjoyment, follow the recommended reading order.

Coach
Blitz
Rally
Merit

Blurb

The world loves Maverick Houston. Me? I’ve hated him since we were ten.

It’s not exactly easy to escape your childhood nemesis when your parents are best friends who live on the same block. Through countless vacations, parties and holidays, Maverick and I have spent the past decade trading insults.

Until that family dinner when his mother tells us she’s dying. When she asks us to forget the past and start fresh. That’s how I found myself on a date with the Treasure State Wildcats football star. The campus playboy. The boy I kissed when I was three. The man who is the bane of my existence.

He’s arrogant. He’s blunt. He’s too handsome for his own good. But if he has a single, redeeming merit, the guy sure does love his mom. And that’s why I started fake dating Maverick Houston. That’s why I made him a proposition of my own. That’s how this sham of a relationship ruined my life.

The world loves Maverick Houston. Me? I hate that he made me love him too.