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The Second We Met: An enemies-to-lovers romance (Fulton U) Kindle Edition

by Maya Hughes (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Dear Jerk Across the Street, sorry for accidentally walking in on you and catching an eyeful of your—equipment. And hard pass on the open invitation to join you in the shower “anytime”, A-hole.

That’s the note I should’ve written. Instead I sent a pleasant and apologetic version.

Had I known Phoenix “Nix” Russo would’ve been the neighbor from hell, I’d have told him right where he could shove my words.

Nix is the big man on campus with everyone lined up at his games to make sure he knows it. Sure, he’s got piercing blue eyes, abs that don’t quit and a smile that could set fire to a set of panties from a hundred yards away, but he’s also the biggest pain in my ass.

Dear Pink-Haired Menace, learn how to take a joke and stop being such a kill-joy...

Elle Masterson called the cops on one of my parties—again. My sweet talking usually gets me out of trouble, but this time it got me into a nice pair of silver handcuffs. Now I’m on a reputation rehab tour with a stop at a spring break community service project.

Guess who’s my new boss?

Now we’re shoulder to shoulder, sweaty, tired and…she’s not anything like I expected. There might just be a heart under that hardass exterior. She’s invading my dreams and I can’t shake the feeling she’s the key to unlocking a piece of me that I’ve hidden away.

It’s only a matter of time until she finds out why I’m really here.

Maybe I can break through her walls and into her heart before that happens...one screw at a time.

***The Second We Met is a standalone new adult romance***

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Maya Hughes, that's me!, can often be found sneaking in another chapter while hiding in the bathroom from her kids! :-) I’m a romance writer who loves taking inspiration from everyday life, namely my husband and biggest fan. Inspiration also strikes when I hear a song, meet someone new or daydream while at soccer practice.

I’m the mom of three little ones, the wife to an amazing husband and also work full time. Some of my favorite things are cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, white wine, laughing until I can’t breathe, traveling with my family and Jeff Goldblum.

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Rachael M
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow Nix is so swoon worthy
Reviewed in Australia on 18 March 2020
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Loved this book about Nix and Elle . He's the star QB she's the girl across the road with a big hate for footballers or popular guys in general cause she was burned by them more than once. These 2 never a dull moment. The bantering between the is hilarious. I loved seeing the boys and girls from the perfect first . I love the relationship between the guys they're like brothers and I loved their nerf fights. Now these 2 have alot to overcome she needs to see past his footballer status cause Nix is a great man who was trying to get closer to his dad and football was his way till he realized that it's not his dream. She has a lot of trust issues will she be able to trust him so that they can find their happy ending or is it just a dead end for these two?
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Emma rafferty
4.0 out of 5 stars ENjoyabke easy read.
Reviewed in Australia on 24 March 2020
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Four stars for a good story. What do you do if the hot naked guy you stumbled upon is a painful reminder of the first person who broke your heart?? Hate them of course and this begins this enemies to lovers journey. I loved the nerf gun war, excited to read about the other characters in their own books.
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Happy reader
3.0 out of 5 stars Another romance
Reviewed in Australia on 12 November 2020
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The story wasn’t as well written as her last, l still read it but the characters didn’t do it for me in this one. However the hints of Berks letter writing admirer in the next book has me intrigued.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Australia on 4 November 2019
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Well written lovely story. It’s a real enemies to lovers story with Elle and Nix getting off on the wrong foot and both continuing t escalate. However when Nix, the QB is forced on to a charity building project with Elle, they slowly get past their prejudice and realise how much they have in common. It’s a really enjoyable lovely romance with many funny moments and endearing characters. I am looking forward to Jules and Berk’s story.
I wasn’t so keen on Nix’s Dad and personally I think he still needed to make it up Elle at the end. She deserved better. He should have spoken to the Dean and got things fixed and I personally think Nix should have rejected it publicly.

This was a great read. I loved Nix and Elle and so pleased to see them get their HEA.
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Louise O
4.0 out of 5 stars Enemies to lovers
Reviewed in Australia on 17 October 2019
The Second we Met is a enemies to lovers story and book 2 in the Fulton U series and can be read as a standalone which is what I have done; but now I might just have to keep reading because I am hooked.

Elle has her eye on the prize and she will not be distracted by the partying ways of the hot Jock from across the road, when her latest complaint put him in the firing line, she never thought she would have to spend time with him. Granted Nix puts in the work and they become closer, both holding onto secrets that could break them, their relationship can either make or break them.

Having read Hughes before I knew that this book would be jam packed with drama and emotion. There were times when I wanted to shake both of them and tell them to pull their heads in but in the end it all evened out and they got to a place where they were working on their own dreams.

I cannot wait to read book 3, the minor characters throughout this book are a great addition.

Star Ratings; Plot: 4/5 Characters: 4/5 Heat: 4/5 Writing Style: 4/5 Overall: 4/5
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BrookeM
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a sweet series!
Reviewed in Australia on 27 January 2021
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This book made me wish I was mates with all of the characters! It’s a well written easy read and i can’t wait to find out what happens to all of the characters in the next books! A great grip on college boy humour that had me snorting wine all over my phone more than once! 💕💕
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Claypot_reads
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read
Reviewed in Australia on 6 February 2020
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Elle and Nix are the very best kind of opposites attract. Studious college girl falls for party boy hot jock - they shouldn’t work so well - but this time the author gives them both a back story that draws you in so you’re just as invested in their HEA as they are. Thus author is winning herself a new fangirl with her style of storytelling. Loved it!
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Patricia Teunissen
5.0 out of 5 stars Believe in Yourself
Reviewed in Australia on 7 December 2019
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Absolutely Loved this book, great characters & I cannot Wait to read the next in the series
This is the first book I have read by this Author & it definitely will not be my last, Love her style.
🥰💜👍💜
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L beaver
5.0 out of 5 stars Good follow on read.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2021
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Nix is the handsome football player finishing off school and likely to be picked in the draft if his father has anything to do with it. Nix has been pushed to the limits all his life from a father who used to play football and now sees his son as a star only Nix truly doesnt think that's what he wants and how does he tell his father. Elle moves in to digs across from his and she immediately hates the noise and the parties the lads have reguarly. To clean his image his father pushes him into doing charity stuff and Elle is there. They do good and she starts to like him but has so much going on trying to win an award that will pay her fees that when she finds out Nix has won it she is devastated. Nix needs to make things right. Great second book
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Elegant Fantasy
3.0 out of 5 stars "Nothing in life was permanent. We have to soak up what we can when we can."
Reviewed in India on 4 May 2021
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This book is about Pheonix (Nix) Russo a football player and the best friend of Reece (from book 1). And then there's Ella Masterson- his next door neighbour who called the cops on him when him and his friends were having a party with loud music at their house. (multiple times)
"One second we’re cool and the next you’re biting my dam head off. It’s been like this since the second we met.”
Elle had a bad past because she got cheated on by both her ex-boyfriends. One of them was a football player so, she has major trust issues and when she met Nix, she instantly judged him to be an entitled rich kid who got away with everything when he flashed someone a smile. She also did some volunteering activities and it seemed that she genuinely cared about that. (But I can't overlook the fact that she did all that to get an award . The same award for which one of her ex-boyfriends was competing too.)
"I’d hefted a championship trophy over my head, but this felt like a win I’d never forget. My first completely unprompted smile from her lit me up like a dam Christmas tree."
But, Nix was instantly captivated by her since the moment they met. He seemed to be determined to get under her skin. His dad was a former professional football player and he wanted Nix to get drafted and play professionally even though he was always interested in cooking and helping out at his grandfather's restaurant. When Elle calls the cops on him, that leads his dad to enroll him in some community work and there he crosses paths with Elle again.
"You call me a liar, but you’re lying to yourself. You know who I am. You’re one of the few people who do."
Elle was a bit too rude and judgemental for my liking. At times I felt that she was a bit selfish and didn't deserve Nix at all. But, ingnoring all these flaws, she was a really good friend to Jules. Their dynamic was just adorable.
"You’re so worried about being hurt that you can’t even see that you’re hurting the people around you. I love you and would never hurt you like this. No matter what you think, know that’s true.”
I'm so glad that Nix often called her out on her bs and double standards. I get that Elle had a bad past relationship history but that didn't give her a right to act rudely and judge some people around her without reading knowing them. These traits didn't make me like her character until the very end. Maybe if something more about her past had been revealed, I would've connected with her.
But, I'm definitely eager to read how Jules is going to tackle the note situation with Berk. So, I'm definitely excited to read the next book!
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Anne Fonseca
5.0 out of 5 stars Honestly, I think I'm gonna go out of words to how much this book amazed me.
Reviewed in Brazil on 8 May 2020
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I think there's not enough space in this website to describe all the feelings Elle and Nix got out of me. After The Perfect First, I would thought it was not possible for me to love a couple in this series even more, but Elle & Nix completely made me see how wrong I was.

First of all, I love the whole enemies to lovers thing. I think Maya did SO good with the trope, she avoided any unnecessary drama and made it Elle so loyal to her own personality. I feel like Elle was Elle from the very beginning and never, EVER, went with the whole "I'm right he's wrong" thing, because that's not who she is. I just love how real and down to earth she was, and how she always came forward when she realized she was in the wrong side of things. Elle is so smart, so caring, so good, she has a heart of gold, and honestly, I think it's impossible to end this book not loving her with every single bone in your body. She's amazing.

Nix is not very far from it. He is such an awesome guy, I would LOVE to be friends with him in real life. From the start, I think the whole "rich spoiled jackass athlete" thing made it so easy to see through him and realize how everyone looked at him and though he was JUST that, when he really wasn't. There's so much of him to see, and Maya really did amazing in showing all his layers and how complex he was.

I think most of the plot twists in this surprised me a lot, and at some point I was scared I was gonna run out of tears, because there was sad over sad over sad, I couldn't stop reading because all I wanted was that single moment where they would get their HEA.

After all, this book just surprised me a lot. I was already expecting so much of it, but Maya Hughes surprised the hell out of me and just blew out my expectations out of proportions. I didn't think it was even possible, but I might say it just became one of my favorite romance books of all times.
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BookAddict
5.0 out of 5 stars Humorous, Heartfelt and Unexpected
Reviewed in the United States on 17 October 2019
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It’s anything but love at first sight between Elle and Nix. Hate at first sight would be more accurate. He may be the big man on campus, but Elle has no problem calling the cops when one of Nix's parties gets out of hand. Now Nix needs to clean up his image and do some volunteering in the community. Can you guess who his boss is? Yep, it's Elle. But as they work together, they both begin to see they might have misjudged each other, and that’s when things get interesting.

The tension between these two is delightfully delicious, their banter wildly entertaining, and their chemistry is explosive. If I know ahead of time a book is new adult I often pass on it, fearing the characters will be annoying in their immaturity. These skillfully written characters, however, make me think I just might be missing out on some great writing. Both have far more layers and depth than seen at first glance and a vulnerability that humanizes them and endears them to the reader.

The secondary characters are equally entertaining and unique, with a smooth, moving pace to the story so that this one practically reads itself and has me eager for more from this Fulton U bunch I’ve grown attached to. If you like a story that makes you laugh, takes your emotions on a wild ride and has you believing in happily ever afters, you'll love Nix and Elle's story!
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Jodi
5.0 out of 5 stars Love!
Reviewed in Canada on 20 October 2019
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I love me a sports story and this didn’t disappoint. I read Reece & Seph’s story awhile ago and loved it. This book is just as wonderful. Phoenix is perfect. Truly. (Sorry I can’t get on board with the nickname, Nix 😞) Elle has been broken. Too often and even Phoenix’s love can’t seem to hold her together for long. Can’t wait for Jules and Berk’s story next!!
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