Jesse

After years of working my butt off, I'm finally living the life I always wanted. I have a job I love, friends who've become family, and I'm enjoying the freedom of being single.

Then Sebastian, my childhood rival, moves back to town and my perfect life is thrown into chaos. We've always hated each other, but now there's something else between us. Something wild and primal, something that wants to make Sebastian submit as much as it wants to claim him.

Hooking up with the guy I hate is probably the stupidest thing I've done, and that's saying a lot. But it's hard to remember why it's a bad idea when he's the only person who's ever made me lose control, and the only man I can't stay away from.

Sebastian

Retiring from the music industry at twenty-five wasn't in my long-term plans. Neither was moving home after being away for seven years. But here I am with a serious case of burnout and no idea what I want to do with the rest of my life.

I hoped that moving back would give me a chance to shed my public persona and just be Sebastian again, but that doesn't seem to be happening any time soon.

The only thing in my life that makes sense is my old rivalry with Jesse, the guy I've hated since we were eight. Arguing with him is as exhilarating as it is familiar, and no one is more surprised than me when a fight leads to our first kiss, then more.

Jesse may be the most annoying person I've ever known, but the tension between us is too strong to ignore. I hate that I want him but love that he can't stay away from me either.