University of Mountain Springs: A new adult college romance series Series by Lola Lockhart

The unofficial rules of college life are ● Don't break and enter into university buildings.● Don't kiss your brother's best friend.● And definitely, absolutely, do not do both in the same night.Guess which rules I broke on Friday?Okay, fine - I admit it. I have a crush on Alfie Spencer.But who doesn't? He's brilliant, brooding, and looks unfairly good in black... moreThe unofficial rules of college life are ● Don't break and enter into university buildings.● Don't kiss your brother's best friend.● And definitely, absolutely, do not do both in the same night.Guess which rules I broke on Friday?Okay, fine - I admit it. I have a crush on Alfie Spencer.But who doesn't? He's brilliant, brooding, and looks unfairly good in black. And yes, maybe we have to spend sixty hours doing community service together after getting caught in a midnight encounter in the geology department. And okay, when he needed someone to pose as his girlfriend to escape his incredibly wealthy family's marriage plans... I said yes.But that doesn't mean I'm going to fall for him. I'm Tara Hawkins – independent, smart and doing things my way this summer. And he's my brother's best friend, which makes him completely off-limits. Even if the way he looks at me when no one's watching makes my skin burn. Or how watching him sketch in that secret notebook of his makes me forget how to breathe. Or how this fake dating is starting to feel like the most real thing I've ever had...Oh god. I am catastrophically, monumentally, absolutely screwed less

Delilah Greer doesn’t do trust or attachment and she certainly doesn’t do Troy Hawkins—campus golden boy with a smile that makes her want to slap him… or kiss him.For four years, she’s survived UMS on black coffee and hard work, keeping her head down and her walls high. But when the university’s most prestigious competition forces her to partner with her academic nemesis, disaster feels inevitable... moreDelilah Greer doesn’t do trust or attachment and she certainly doesn’t do Troy Hawkins—campus golden boy with a smile that makes her want to slap him… or kiss him.For four years, she’s survived UMS on black coffee and hard work, keeping her head down and her walls high. But when the university’s most prestigious competition forces her to partner with her academic nemesis, disaster feels inevitable.Troy Hawkins is everything she resents—engineering genius, infuriatingly laid-back, and distractingly hot. She expects arrogance. Ego. Maybe a few arguments.She doesn’t expect to like the way he listens.Or how her thighs clench when he leans over her desk and smiles like he knows exactly what she needs.Everyone wants Troy Hawkins. Delilah is the only one who doesn’t.Which is exactly why he can’t stop falling for her. She’s guarded. Sharp. Brilliant.And for the first time in his life, Troy wants something he can’t charm his way into—he wants her.As rivalry turns into reluctant collaboration, and late nights blur into something softer, they start building more than just a project.But when trust has always been your biggest design flaw…How do you risk everything on the one person who could bring your whole world crashing down?Book 3 in the University of Mountain Springs series but can be read as a standalone.A spicy enemies-to-lovers college romance packed with academic tension, golden boy obsession, grumpy girl energy, and the slowest of burns. less

She spent two years being in love with someone who never loved her back.Now she can't tell if the perfect guy actually wants her—or if she's misreading the signs again.Piper Renner is a genius. She can debug any program, optimize any algorithm, solve any technical problem thrown at her. After wasting two years on someone who never loved her back, she's building a dating app to remove feelings from the equation. But first, she needs to pass Creative Writing or lose her scholarship... moreShe spent two years being in love with someone who never loved her back.Now she can't tell if the perfect guy actually wants her—or if she's misreading the signs again.Piper Renner is a genius. She can debug any program, optimize any algorithm, solve any technical problem thrown at her. After wasting two years on someone who never loved her back, she's building a dating app to remove feelings from the equation. But first, she needs to pass Creative Writing or lose her scholarship.Enter her new Ethan Prescott, the ex-quarterback turned game designer. She finds him funny (who doesn't?), charming (obviously), and way too good at making her laugh (dangerous).Ethan should be focused on his senior project. Instead, he can't stop thinking about the brilliant girl who's convinced she's bad at love. When their tutoring sessions turn...spicy, he realizes he wants to be the one who proves her wrong about everything.The more time they spend together, the harder it gets to ignore their chemistry. But Piper's been wrong before, and she's hiding something that could destroy the fragile trust between them.Welcome to University of Mountain Springs, where students make terrible romantic decisions, late-night tutoring gets steamy, and you'll definitely laugh out loud (and...probably cry. Definitely cry.) less

He's failing geology. She's got her life planned. Eight days snowed in together is either a disaster or destiny.Carter Wolfe hasn't been back to his fraternity house since his brother's funeral. He's barely passing his classes, barely holding it together, and definitely not ready for Christmas with his aggressively cheerful family pretending everything's fine when it's not... moreHe's failing geology. She's got her life planned. Eight days snowed in together is either a disaster or destiny.Carter Wolfe hasn't been back to his fraternity house since his brother's funeral. He's barely passing his classes, barely holding it together, and definitely not ready for Christmas with his aggressively cheerful family pretending everything's fine when it's not. He’s also secretly debating a major life pivot—dropping out of UMS entirely to become a firefighter or finishing his degree.Rhiannon Pierce has escaped her controlling ex, survived her mother's guilt trips, and locked down the research opportunity that'll get her into grad school—until her professor bails and sticks her with the charming slacker who she has a secret crush on.Now they're trapped in a remote cabin over Christmas with expensive equipment, zero cell service, and enough sexual tension to melt the snow.Turns out the golden retriever frat boy knows how to stay calm in a crisis. And the uptight overachiever is hilarious when she's not trying so hard to be perfect. Between emergency rescues, motel room service, and one very inappropriate scientific experiment involving kissing, they start seeing each other for real.Welcome to the University of Mountain Springs, where STEM students find love, face their demons, and discover that sometimes the best research involves matters of the heart. This is Carter and Rhiannon's story—a Christmas romance about showing up, speaking up, and learning that you're already enough. Canonically falls after Seeds of Trust (Book 4) less