From B. Celeste, author of the emotionally devastating Underneath the Sycamore Tree, comes a deeply moving college romance about second chances, silent battles, and love that refuses to quit.

Dare You to Hate Me launches the Lindon U series with a story as raw as it is redemptive—where a bruised heart learns that, sometimes, coming back is the bravest thing you can do.

Ivy Monroe doesn't do relationships. Not anymore. Her focus is on surviving Lindon University unnoticed, scraping by under the weight of a past she keeps buried.

But when Aiden Griffith—star tight end, campus golden boy, and the best friend she left behind—walks back into her life, he brings the one thing she's tried hardest to escape: hope.

He wants answers. Closure. Maybe even more.

She wants silence. Distance. Safety.

But neither of them can ignore what's still between them. And some scars don't stay hidden forever.

A heartbreakingly beautiful slow-burn sports romance about trauma, trust, and the quiet fight to feel whole again.