The Beauty of Us

Lena Calloway came to Crestview University to start over and to bury the name that once made headlines, and the past that left scars no one could see.
Her plan was simple: keep her head down, stay invisible, and never let anyone close enough to destroy her again.

Then she met Cole Ryder.

He's everything she swore she'd stay away from—
a tattooed, sharp-tongued campus legend with a reputation built in underground fights and whispered threats.
Everyone fears him.
Everyone, except Lena.

When a careless comment turns into a public clash, Lena becomes the only girl to ever stand up to Cole Ryder and the one who accidentally dumps a bucket of red paint over his head.
Now, he's made it his mission to make her pay…
until the lines between punishment and passion begin to blur.

Behind Cole's smirk lies something dark and wounded.
Behind Lena's defiance, a heart terrified to be seen.
And when secrets surface—his and hers—they'll both have to decide whether love is worth the chaos it brings…
or if they'll burn each other alive trying to find it.