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Discreet Variable
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Expected 27 May 27The only thing Sydney Carlton hates more than losing is losing to Suzannah “Zan” Miller. For the past three years she’s been a thorn in his side, beating him to the top of the academic rankings at Rosewood University and charming their professors with the grace of an angel who wears frustratingly short pleated skirts.
Now that it’s his senior year, Sydney should be free of her, save for their weekly honors seminar. But he’s quickly mistaken when his professor introduces her as his fellow TA. Not only that, Zan is being considered for the graduate assistant program that Sydney thought he was a shoe-in for.
Data doesn’t lie, and this development puts all of Sydney’s future plans in jeopardy. And despite his connections to the elite Dreadrose Society on campus, Zan isn’t a problem he can make disappear—because, of course, she’s also a member.
Things quickly change in Sydney’s favor when he walks in on an altercation between Zan and her ex-boyfriend, star quarterback, Ambrose Dunn. Sydney swoops in, offering Zan a deal: he’ll pretend to be her new boyfriend to keep her ex off her back… if she’ll let him win the graduate assistant position.
But feelings aren’t as straightforward as the excel sheets Sydney manages, and as he and Zan grow closer, falling into a tangled web of the Dreadrose Society’s making, they realize that the line between hate and love is a thin one.
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DISCREET VARIABLE is an academic rivals-to-lovers fake dating dark-ish romance. Expect explicit spice, obsessive tendencies, a little bit of murder, and a few laughs along the way to a HEA. DISCREET VARIABLE is the second in the interconnected Dreadrose Society series, but can be read as a standalone.
Now that it’s his senior year, Sydney should be free of her, save for their weekly honors seminar. But he’s quickly mistaken when his professor introduces her as his fellow TA. Not only that, Zan is being considered for the graduate assistant program that Sydney thought he was a shoe-in for.
Data doesn’t lie, and this development puts all of Sydney’s future plans in jeopardy. And despite his connections to the elite Dreadrose Society on campus, Zan isn’t a problem he can make disappear—because, of course, she’s also a member.
Things quickly change in Sydney’s favor when he walks in on an altercation between Zan and her ex-boyfriend, star quarterback, Ambrose Dunn. Sydney swoops in, offering Zan a deal: he’ll pretend to be her new boyfriend to keep her ex off her back… if she’ll let him win the graduate assistant position.
But feelings aren’t as straightforward as the excel sheets Sydney manages, and as he and Zan grow closer, falling into a tangled web of the Dreadrose Society’s making, they realize that the line between hate and love is a thin one.
___
DISCREET VARIABLE is an academic rivals-to-lovers fake dating dark-ish romance. Expect explicit spice, obsessive tendencies, a little bit of murder, and a few laughs along the way to a HEA. DISCREET VARIABLE is the second in the interconnected Dreadrose Society series, but can be read as a standalone.
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Expected publication May 27, 2027
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G.B. Bancroft
7 books38 followersG.B. Bancroft is an events producer by day and indie author by night. She loves all things magical, gritty, and romantic, and is a voracious mood reader. Originally from New York, she’s currently enjoying a few-year stint in sunny California with her husband and her grumpy orange tabby, Miso.
You can find her @authorgbbancroft on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok.
You can find her @authorgbbancroft on Instagram, Threads, and TikTok.
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