Dare You to Hate Me

Suffocated by her troubled home life, Ivy once begged her best friend Aiden to run away with her, fully expecting him to choose his football future and loving family over her instead — so she slipped out of his window that night, certain she'd never see him again.

Four years later, they both end up at Lindon University, where Aiden is now the star tight end with pro dreams, and Ivy is quietly trying to survive unnoticed under the weight of a past she's kept buried.

Aiden wants answers and closure, maybe more; Ivy wants silence and distance — but neither of them can fully let go of what's still between them.

B. Celeste opens the Lindon U series with an emotionally raw second-chance college romance grappling with mental health and unresolved history.