Hate Me, Want Me Series by Mikel Vale

I didn’t mean to insult him. I was just panicking. But when the hottest guy in class—Kai Morgan—raised his hand at the exact wrong second, he thought my comment was aimed directly at him. Great. Perfect. Fantastic. Now he thinks I hate him. And the worst part? He treats me like I do. He’s confident, smug, annoyingly attractive in a way that should be banned in academic settings. Which is… a problem. Because I don’t hate him. I like him. Unfortunately. Distractingly... moreI didn’t mean to insult him. I was just panicking. But when the hottest guy in class—Kai Morgan—raised his hand at the exact wrong second, he thought my comment was aimed directly at him. Great. Perfect. Fantastic. Now he thinks I hate him. And the worst part? He treats me like I do. He’s confident, smug, annoyingly attractive in a way that should be banned in academic settings. Which is… a problem. Because I don’t hate him. I like him. Unfortunately. Distractingly. To the point where I forget how to breathe when he sits too close during our project meetings. He watches me like he knows I’m hiding something. He gets irritated when other guys flirt with me. And every time our knees touch under the library table, he pauses—just long enough to make my heart do something reckless. I keep telling him I don’t hate him. He keeps asking why I act like I do. And somewhere between the late-night study sessions, the accidental closeness, and the way he says my name like he’s testing how it feels…. I’m starting to think the boy who thinks I hate him. has no idea how much I actually want him. A slow-burn, high-tension MM romance about accidental enemies, chaotic pining, and two boys who can’t stop getting under each other’s skin. less

Elliot Price has one win the round. Ryan Cole’s only goal is to finally beat him. Elliot lives his life like a perfectly structured argument—organized, precise, completely under control. Top of his class, star of the college debate team, champion of color-coded spreadsheets and zero distractions. Ryan is a walking distraction. Loud. Charismatic. A little bit reckless... moreElliot Price has one win the round. Ryan Cole’s only goal is to finally beat him. Elliot lives his life like a perfectly structured argument—organized, precise, completely under control. Top of his class, star of the college debate team, champion of color-coded spreadsheets and zero distractions. Ryan is a walking distraction. Loud. Charismatic. A little bit reckless. He wins crowds, loses ballots, and swears he only hates Elliot because Elliot keeps beating him… definitely not because he can’t stop staring at his mouth when he speaks. On the circuit, they’re rivals. In practice, they’re a problem. So when their coach does the unthinkable and makes them debate partners, Elliot is horrified. Ryan is delighted. And the rest of the team starts placing bets on how long it takes before they kill each other—or kiss. Suddenly, everything is too close. Shared prep sessions. Shared strategy. Shared hotel rooms. One bed. Their clashes turn sharper. Their banter turns flirtier. Their “I hate you” starts sounding a lot like “I can’t stop thinking about you. ”. On paper, they’re the perfect Elliot’s icy precision plus Ryan’s fiery charm. But as practices blur into late-night confessions and accidental touches that linger, the line between rivalry and something much more dangerous starts to disappear. They were supposed to chase trophies. Now they’re trying not to fall for the one person they swore they’d never lose to. Rivals-to-lovers. Forced proximity. Debate nerds with too many feelings. The Teammate Who Hates Losing To Me is a high-steamy, slow-burn MM college romance packed with flirty banter, mutual gay panic, and two disaster boys who discover that the real competition isn’t winning the round—. It’s seeing who admits they’re obsessed first. less

I was prepared to flunk statistics. I was not prepared for the tutor who hates studying with me. Failing my stats midterm comes with a bonus nightmare: mandatory tutoring in the math lab if I want to stay in the class—and keep my financial aid. That’s how I end up assigned to Adrian Cho: older, terrifyingly smart, and unfairly hot in a “color-coded binder and sharp cheekbones” kind of way. He’s all rules and structure. No phone. No multitasking. He explains it once; I have to do it alone... moreI was prepared to flunk statistics. I was not prepared for the tutor who hates studying with me. Failing my stats midterm comes with a bonus nightmare: mandatory tutoring in the math lab if I want to stay in the class—and keep my financial aid. That’s how I end up assigned to Adrian Cho: older, terrifyingly smart, and unfairly hot in a “color-coded binder and sharp cheekbones” kind of way. He’s all rules and structure. No phone. No multitasking. He explains it once; I have to do it alone. I’m anxious chaos with tragic notes, worse snacks, and a brain that blanks the second numbers hit the page. On paper, we’re a disaster. In the tiny, glass-walled study rooms on Monday and Wednesday afternoons, we’re something else. The more Adrian drags me through confidence intervals and hypothesis tests, the more I start to want things I definitely can’t put on the syllabus: his hand on the back of my neck when I panic, his voice in my ear telling me I’m doing so good, his mouth on mine when we’re supposed to be talking about sampling distributions. But between my scholarship hanging by a thread and his professor pushing him toward a “real” research career, lines blur fast. If I drop the class, do I lose him too? And if he stops being my tutor… can he still be my something-more? The Tutor Who Hates Studying With Me is a steamy, new-adult gay romance with: anxious disaster × organized overachiever, forced tutoring, mutual gay panic, binder-based love language, and one very determined stats boy who has to learn he doesn’t need a perfect grade to be worth loving. less