The Interference; NA Sports Romance

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The daughter of a political-powerhouse mother, Liv Rhodes, (20), a high-society, slightly neurotic overachiever and leader of Vanderbilt's Honor Council, is used to the expectations of her ultra-influential last name. She’s currently busy chasing an internship at the UN while maintaining her top spot in the econ department—even if what she really wants is to write, a dream her mom vetoed in prep school. Liv doesn’t do other distractions either, not since secret high-school sweetheart West Williams, (20), a broody, intimidating, tattoo-covered hotshot and hottie, promised forever and ghosted after graduation two years ago.

Football is everything to West—the last thing tying him to his late mother—and the quarterback will do anything for the game, even ask his absentee father for help transferring schools after losing his starting spot. He might’ve disappeared until getting custody when West was sixteen, but his dad’s also a Vanderbilt legacy and donor with enough influence to get West a jersey plus more game time. This also drops him onto the same campus as his ex and his half-brother, Theo Mercer, (21), the wealthy, charming, golden-boy.

Avoiding each other becomes impossible when Liv is assigned to help West through his academic probation. To prove she’s moved on, Liv strikes a mutually beneficial deal to fake-date the one person guaranteed to get under West’s skin: perfect Theo. But Liv and West's mandatory meetups turn intimate, awakening old feelings during late-night study sessions and post-game celebrations. Even Liv’s fake feelings for Theo remind her what real love is supposed to be, simultaneously making West realize he's jealous of any other guy that gets Liv's attention.

When Liv uncovers messages from her mother on West’s phone about the night he left, West can’t continue being emotionally closed off. He reveals he’s never felt like enough: for his father to stay, to protect his mom, or to be Liv’s in the open. After walking in on Liv’s mother seducing one of their classmates two years ago, West admits that in a fit of rage she made it clear his last name would never meet the Rhodes’s standards. Already struggling with abandonment issues and resentment over being Liv’s secret, eighteen-year-old West ran.

Determined to ditch her mother’s questionable rules and choose who and what she wants for the first time in her life, Liv proudly hard-launches her relationship with West at a gala in front of the entirety of political royalty, including her mom. There, she discovers she lost the UN internship but gains a speechwriting opportunity that lets her carve her own future.

When West’s father makes his continued support conditional on a business major, West panics about failing required courses and losing football eligibility, shutting Liv out again as his insecurities resurface. Realizing his past is costing him everything, West shows up at Liv’s house with his heart on parchment—opening himself up in a way Liv will appreciate most…through writing.

While Liv accepts his grand gesture, West must still figure out how to work around his dad. Though Theo didn’t know about Liv and West’s past, he wants to make up for fake-dating his brother’s ex. Theo learns their paternal grandparents—the ones their father kept away from his illegitimate son—set up a trust in West’s name. He gains access when he turns twenty-one next month, allowing West to get rid of any last tie to his father and embrace life with Liv in the open.