THE QUARTERBACK NEXT DOOR
Lena Carter has spent her whole life being invisible the girl people laugh at, ignore, and forget.
Derek Hayes is the opposite.
Star quarterback. School bad boy. Untouchable.
He watched her humiliation once… and did nothing.
So when Lena becomes the new live-in babysitter in his mansion, it feels like a cruel joke.
At school, he acts like she doesn’t exist.
At home, the tension between them is impossible to ignore.
Derek should stay away.
His father made that clear. His reputation depends on it.
But when his possessive ex turns the entire school against Lena—spreading rumors, tearing her apart piece by piece—Derek starts crossing lines he swore he never would.
Because the quiet girl everyone underestimated?
She’s not as weak as they think.
And the deeper Derek falls…the more dangerous the truth becomes.
Because Lena isn’t just a mistake he can walk away from, she might be the one who destroys everything.
Lena Carter has spent her whole life being invisible—the girl people laugh at, ignore, and forget.
Derek Hayes is the opposite.
Star quarterback. School bad boy. Untouchable.
He watched her humiliation once… and did nothing.
So when Lena becomes the new live-in babysitter in his mansion, it feels like a cruel joke.
At school, he acts like she doesn’t exist.
At home, the tension between them is impossible to ignore.
Derek should stay away.
His father made that clear.
But when his possessive ex turns the entire school against Lena—spreading rumors, tearing her apart piece by piece—Derek starts crossing lines he swore he never would.
Because the quiet girl everyone underestimated?
She’s not as weak as they think.
And the deeper Derek falls…the more dangerous the truth becomes.
Because Lena isn’t just a mistake he can walk away from