Just Drop Out (Hannaford Prep Book 1)

Surviving the foster care system teaches you one thing above all else: trust no one—and Lips has mastered that lesson better than most.

When a full-ride scholarship lands her at the ultra-exclusive Hannaford Prep, Lips arrives with a ruthless strategy: stay invisible, stay focused, and get out with a diploma and a future. She expects privilege and pretension. She doesn't expect to become prey.

Within days, Lips finds herself at the center of a vicious game played by the school's most dangerous elite. The entire junior class treats her like a target, but it's three boys—gorgeous, powerful, and utterly merciless—who make her situation truly unbearable. Ash, Harley, and Blaise aren't interested in joining the hunt. They want something far more personal: to break her completely.

What none of them anticipate is that Lips doesn't break.

Set against the backdrop of a prestigious boarding school that hides something far darker than teenage cruelty, this dark new adult romance refuses to flinch. The halls of Hannaford Prep carry secrets that go beyond social hierarchies and cruel games, and the closer Lips gets to the truth—and to the three boys determined to destroy her—the more she realizes that hate and obsession wear terrifyingly similar faces.

With sharp edges, relentless tension, and a heroine who refuses to surrender, *Just Drop Out* is the dark, addictive beginning of a series that will keep you reading long past midnight.