The Rules We Bend

Jules thought the worst part of the scandal would be the comments.

She was wrong.

The campus may be done trending her name, but the institution isn't done with consequences. A "safety" housing shuffle drops Jules into North Commons-an apartment-style suite with shared kitchens, shared hallways, and the kind of unavoidable proximity that turns chemistry into routine. Worse: her new roommates are the two men who never stopped pulling her in opposite directions.

Graham is consistency with a pulse-rides, reminders, quiet loyalty that feels like a hand at her back when she's about to fall. Ronan is the storm that tells the truth-showing up when she's unraveling, making her laugh when she's too tired to be brave, seeing the parts she hides even from herself. And now that they're under the same roof, their rivalry stops being a rumor and becomes a daily collision.

Then the Hawthorne placement process begins-and the pressure gets personal. Committees talk about "professionalism" and "optics." Administrators smile while they tighten the leash. Both men insist on being the one who carries her through it. But Jules is done being managed, rescued, claimed, or reduced to a headline.

She makes rules.
They promise to follow them.
And every day, the world dares those rules to bend.

The Rules We Bend is Book 2 in the Tangled Choices New Adult romance saga-high-angst, high-heat, and built for one-more-chapter bingeing. The triangle deepens. The stakes climb. The choice gets harder.

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