Book 2 University of Mountain Springs
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/221655958-seeds-of-betrayal
I grabbed this 2nd book from book sirens after I finished reading the 3rd book in this series (I haven't read the first book yet... but plan to) even though it's in a series they can be read as a stand alone book. I would recommend reading them in order however if you want 0 spoilers for how things are going with other couples as they make appearances throughout the books.
To start off with Tara and Alfie have a wild night that ends in trespassing in one of the university buildings they are caught on camera kissing then going off camera where something unknown happens and shortly after the sprinkler system goes off potentially ruining a lot of projects in the process... they didn't have anything to do with it but since they can't 100% prove it and the college can't prove that they did anything to set it off they are sentenced to community service around the campus with each other over the duration of the summer break.
Alfie may have had something to do with their lighter sentence since his wealthy family donates a lot of money to the school and his mother is part of several boards... she is quite intimidating and pushy especially when it comes to her sons and what she thinks they ought to be doing even going to great lengths to set up arranged marriages, well Alfie saw his older brother Drake get roped into a marriage like that and it's not for him he's not going to do it so naturally he does what any rational person would do when told he is needed to go on a joint family vacation with the potential "wife's" family... he lies and says he already has a girlfriend only he doesn't and his family is coming to town to meet her in just a few short weeks... he's got this he just needs to find a "girlfriend" to go a long with this wild plan.
In comes Tara (Alfie's best friend's younger sister) they had a night together that they really haven't talked much about and clearly there is chemistry but they can be in a fake relationship, fool his uptight rich family into thinking they are together for real and then go their separate ways no big deal! right?
Alfie has always been a quiet guy who keeps to himself and also bottles up his emotions he wouldn't want to embarrass the family name after all. His family are pretty into proper lineage and overly high expectations of life direction (except for his grandparents his grandfather passed away but gave him his love of science and his grandmother is a delight).
The more time they spend together the closer they get, lines get crossed and completely obliterated at times and as much as they try to keep walls up it's hard to when you are with someone who sees you for who you are and still wants to be there for you.
Alfie and Tara both have trust issues for different reasons to work through and this becomes an ongoing issue throughout the story line leading to a bit of no communication at times and walls going back up just when they were starting to come down.
This was a cute college romance with a side of humor and some really sweet moments between our couple. I did find the no communication situation a bit much at times and was hoping that they would just get themselves together sooner it was clear to everyone at that point that there were real feelings just kiss and make up already!
I enjoyed the banter between our couple and loved the side characters as well looking forward to more books in this series!
*College Romance *Older Brother's best friend *protective MMC *Fake Relationship *Grumpy/sunshine *some spice *slow burn *RomCom *Dual POV *Found family
*grand gesture from MMC *ARC *Book Sirens
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