Chaos theory in five steps.

Opposites Attract • Neighbors • Good Girl / Bad Boy • Tutoring • Summer Romance

Ava Clarke has her entire life mapped out. Impeccable grades, meticulously crafted lists, and a guaranteed ticket to UCLA. But when her parents' sudden divorce shatters her perfect foundation, she retreats to her grandmother's house in Willow Creek, desperate to maintain control over a reality that is rapidly spinning out of orbit.

Liam Stone is chaos personified. Tattooed, reckless, and exactly one failed physics exam away from losing his sports scholarship—his only escape from a troubled past and a dead-end town. When he literally crashes through the wooden fence dividing their backyards, Ava's flawlessly planned summer is obliterated.

To fix the mess, they strike an unlikely deal: Ava will tutor him to ensure he passes his intensive physics course, and in return, Liam will teach the queen of order how to improvise. As late-night study sessions turn into raw confessions and unexpected adventures, the undeniable electromagnetic pull between them becomes impossible to ignore.

But Ava is terrified of the unpredictability Liam brings into her safe haven, and Liam's past refuses to stay buried. In a universe governed by the laws of thermodynamics, two opposing forces are destined to collide. Will Ava learn to embrace the beautiful disorder of falling in love, or will the pressure of their differences tear their world apart?

Content Warning: Themes of family conflict and divorce, parental pressure, performance anxiety, physical altercations, and emotional distress. Recommended for New Adult readers.