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Rival's Pledge by Maddison Cole
Release Day: July 16th 2026
Tropes: Academy, College, Dark Academia, Emotional Scars, Enemies to Lovers, Damaged Artist, Rival Captain, Sports (lacrosse), Why Choose, MM, Healing from Trauma/Traumatized FMC, Survival, Fake Dating, Cyber Stalker - and she likes it, Second Chance, Fallen Queen / Fallen Golden Girl, Reputation Ruined, Public Fall from Grace, Forced Proximity, Grumpy x Defiant, Who Hurt You?, Alpha Rivalry, She’s Not as Broken as They Think, Reclaiming the Crown, Campus Under Surveillance, Danger Lurking in Plain Sight, Trauma Bonding, Competitive Tension = Sexual Tension, Revenge Arc Brewing, She Bites Back.
Series: This is Book 1 in the Hollowbrook Academy series. The Hollowbrook Academy series is a spin-off to Maddison's Shadowed Souls series which can be read on KU here!
POV: Dual POV.
Content Warnings: Kidnapping (past abduction referenced), Captivity (off-page / past), Stalking, Psychological manipulation, Trauma & PTSD symptoms (nightmares, hypervigilance), Bullying & public humiliation, Rumor spreading / social ostracization, Threats, Obsessive behavior, Morally grey love interests, Power imbalance dynamics, Emotional distress, Sleep deprivation, Dark romantic themes, Explicit sexual scenes, Possessive/controlling behavior in romantic dynamics. For readers aged 18+.
Expected Page Count: 400
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Meg may have escaped her captor, but recovery will be the true test of her survival.
Returning to Hollowbrook Academy months after her sudden disappearance, Meg is thrust into the spotlight in a way she’s not used to. Cruel whispers spread about the former award-winning lacrosse captain, headlines pining her as a lost cause.
Thanks to the gossip trailing her across campus, Meg wants nothing more than to blend into the background. Her classes turn into interrogations, nightmares bleed into daylight, and old threats begin to stir from the shadows.
However, upon discovering her team has been hijacked by her old rival, Everest Calloway, the fire within her roars back to life. She might not want to be seen, but there’s a stronger impulse that won’t be ignored. She can’t let him win, even if she’s sleep deprived thanks to a certain asshole next door who keeps her up at night with his bad taste in music.
Luckily, she’s not completely alone. With her cyber hacking friend, Thiago, watching her back, as well as all of the campus cameras, Meg slowly begins to find herself again. She lives for the rivalry, whilst Everest thrives on control. Going head-to-head with Golden Boy is going to take all of her energy, but that’s the least of her problems.
With her captor still at large, Meg is forced to confront a terrifying truth. Surviving doesn’t mean she’s safe. And the men circling her? They don’t want to protect her. They want to ruin her.