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[PREORDER] Bad Idea (Deluxe Edition) by Elle Kennedy

[PREORDER] Bad Idea (Deluxe Edition) by Elle Kennedy

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Limited deluxe edition (designed edges) • new adult college romance • Off-Campus next gen • brother’s ex-best friend • golden boy hockey player • dance/ballet FMC • “lessons”/experience proposition • off-limits hookup • angst + campus drama • standalone

This title will be released on March 16, 2027.

Perfect for readers of:

  • Elle Kennedy’s Briar/Off-Campus universe and next-gen campus chaos
  • Off-limits romance with a hero who knows he shouldn’t… and does anyway
  • Hockey boys + ambitious arts girls (dance program pressure)
  • “Hookup arrangement turns into feelings” with real consequences

Spice: 4/5

Steamy, chemistry-forward, and emotionally messy in the best way.

The vibe

After a year of being the dance program’s most notorious punching bag, Ivy Di Laurentis has one plan for sophomore year at Briar University: keep her head down, survive, and get to New York—back to the ballet career she walked away from. She has zero interest in hockey players, entanglements, or AJ Connelly—her brother’s former best friend, certified golden boy, and the last person she expects to find her crying on a roof at 2 a.m.
AJ is barely holding it together. His friendships are in ruins, his hockey season is spiraling, and his coping strategy is simple: drink through his feelings and hook up with anyone who isn’t emotionally complicated. Ivy—vulnerable and familiar—is the definition of emotionally complicated, which should make her completely off-limits.
Except she’s also funny. Sweet. Achingly beautiful. And crushing on somebody else. So when Ivy propositions AJ to gain experience, he doesn’t know how to say no… and there’s something dangerously satisfying about hooking up with his ex-best friend’s little sister.
What starts as an unlikely alliance turns into something neither of them planned for. But with the wrong people watching, the wrong choices catching up, and the clock ticking on Ivy’s time at Briar U, this bad idea might cost them both everything.

Tropes & tags

  • New adult / college romance
  • Briar Universe / Off-Campus next generation
  • Brother’s ex-best friend
  • Golden boy hockey player
  • Dance program / ballet dreams
  • Hookup arrangement / “lessons” vibes
  • Off-limits / secret-ish relationship
  • Angst + campus drama
  • Standalone romance

Edition note

Limited deluxe edition with designed edges
This book is a standalone romance featuring the next generation of Off Campus characters 
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