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What I learned after last years 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 celibateno matter how hard that makes things.

But theres nothing in the rulebook that says I cant be friends with a woman. And I wont liemy 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 shes got a boyfriend eliminates the temptation to touch her.

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

And shes making a play for me.

Avoiding her is impossible. Were paired up on a yearlong school project, but Im confident I can resist her. Wed never work, anyway. Our backgrounds are too different, our goals arent aligned, and her parents hate my guts.

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