Good Girl Complex by Elle Kennedy Summary
Overview of Good Girl Complex
When Mackenzie Cabot meets bad boy Cooper Hartley in Avalon Bay, wealth clashes with working-class grit. This USA Today bestseller captivated 14,000+ Goodreads readers with its modern take on forbidden love. Can opposites truly attract when small-town secrets threaten everything?
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When Opposites Attract: The Chemistry of Collision
In the coastal town of Avalon Bay, two worlds exist in parallel-the wealthy seasonal visitors and college students on one side, the working-class locals who serve them on the other. Cooper Hartley knows his place in this divided ecosystem. Bartending at Joe's, he's witnessed countless entitled rich kids treat his hometown like their personal playground. When Preston Kincaid, an arrogant fraternity president, gets him fired without cause, Cooper's simmering resentment boils over into a vengeful plan: seduce Preston's girlfriend as payback. Meanwhile, Mackenzie "Mac" Cabot returns reluctantly to college after building a seven-figure educational software business during her gap year. Despite her entrepreneurial success, her wealthy parents dismiss her achievements as a "silly little tech thing" while pushing her toward a predetermined path-complete her business degree, marry Preston, and become the perfect political wife. The suffocating weight of these expectations follows her everywhere, even as she yearns for something more authentic. Their worlds collide at the Rip Tide bar when Cooper approaches Mac's table with a bold wager. What begins as a calculated seduction quickly evolves into something neither expected-a connection that transcends the town's rigid social boundaries and forces both to question everything they thought they knew about themselves and each other.
The Divide Between Two Worlds
Breaking Free of Expectations
When Games Turn Real
Finding Identity Beyond Circumstances
The Power of Vulnerability
Building Something That Lasts
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