Something Rad: Alternate Cover

### by Nikki Witt

She's spent three years perfecting her hatred for him—and now they're sharing a studio.

When graphic designer Maya Cole loses her lease, the only affordable workspace left in the city belongs to Cole Ryder: skate culture icon, insufferable creative genius, and the man who publicly called her portfolio "safe" at last year's industry showcase. She needed that grant. He cost her everything.

Now they're six feet apart, eight hours a day, and the tension between them is anything but professional.

Cole is aggravating, opinionated, and annoyingly good at what he does. He pushes back on every creative choice Maya makes—and somehow, infuriatingly, he's always right. She tells herself the heat rising between them is just anger. She tells herself a lot of things.

But Cole sees something in Maya that she's spent years hiding behind careful lines and approved color palettes: the raw, unfiltered artist underneath. He wants to draw her out. She's terrified he already is.

*Something Rad* is a slow-burn, banter-heavy romance for anyone who has ever wanted to kiss someone they couldn't stand—and then realized that wanting never had anything to do with hatred at all.

Because sometimes the person who challenges everything you think you know about yourself is the only one worth fighting for.