Campus Loves #3

When Dirk turns down a lucrative coaching job to pursue his dream of medical school, Deena's frustration at years of waiting turns her toward the charming and dangerous Orm Cantrell, who offers her the excitement and attention her boyfriend won't. As Deena gets swept up in a reckless affair, she discovers that Orm's interest in her comes with strings—and a price—far higher than she bargained for. Caught between the steady love she's known and the thrilling temptation of an easier path, Deena must reckon with what "the highest bidder" really means.

Kitty Howard arrives at Harper College as a waitress-turned-pledge at Omega Sigma Sorority, only to draw the cruel Sandra Bentley as her Big Sister—and then finds herself drawn into a secret scheme when Sandra orders her to date a boy named Steve as part of her initiation test. As Kitty and Steve grow genuinely close, her guilt over the deception weighs on her, but she's trapped between her love for him and her fear of Sandra's power over her pledge status. On initiation night, everything comes to a head when the truth threatens to surface and shatter the bond she and Steve have built.

Joy Shane arrives at Calmore University as a contented senior, engaged to Mal Turner and counting down to June graduation—until the charismatic poet professor Willis Randolph joins the faculty and ignites an attraction she can't ignore. When he invites her to his home for a private poetry coaching session, Joy finds herself drawn into a world of romance and intellectual excitement that her athletic fiancé can't seem to provide. Caught between her engagement and a dangerous new connection, Joy must reckon with feelings she never expected to have.

Sally Leeds has just met Jeff Chandler, a fellow student playwright, and it's love at first sight—until the drama department announces a big contest with a visiting producer and his assistant. Sally sees this as Jeff's big break, and when she meets Guy Westcott, the producer's assistant, she begins a string of dates with him to get Jeff's play in front of the right people, knowing Jeff would never approve. As her secret scheme spirals, Sally finds herself caught between helping the man she loves and the web of deception she's built, and the truth threatens to unravel everything.