Theory of Rivalry: An Academic Rivals to Lovers Romance, (Paperback)

<b>In a zero-sum game, there can only be one winner. Unless they decide to break the board entirely.</b><br><b>Vivian Thorne</b> is a statistical anomaly. Clawing her way out of a freezing, roach-infested apartment, she relies on her feral desperation and unparalleled mathematical mind to survive the prestigious Sterling Institute. She has one goal: win the multi-million-dollar Vanguard Fellowship. She has absolutely no time for distractions, especially not the arrogant billionaire who treats her life's work like a casual game of chess.<br><b>Kieran Cross</b> is the untouchable king of the campus. He has the money, the power, and a mind that calculates variables faster than a supercomputer. When he effortlessly corrects Vivian's flawless regression model on their first day, an irreversible, pitch-black rivalry is born.<br>For three years, they bleed for their ambition, weaponizing their brilliance to destroy each other. But when the academic elite attempt to rig the system against them, their vicious hostility twists into a dark, all-consuming obsession. Kieran doesn't just want to beat Vivian anymore-he wants to conquer her world, even if he has to burn his own billionaire empire to the ground to do it.<br><i>Theory of Rivalry</i> is a dark, high-tension academic romance packed with morally grey power dynamics, blistering banter, and two brilliant enemies who fall fiercely, unapologetically in love.<br><b>Tropes: </b><ul><li>Enemies to Lovers</li><li>Billionaire / Poor Scholar</li><li>Dark Academic Rivalry</li><li>Morally Grey Power Couple</li><li>"Touch Her and You Die" Energy</li></ul>

• Theory of Rivalry: An Academic Rivals to Lovers Romance, (Paperback)
• Author: Nanda Kenz
• ISBN: 9798196750809
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-13
• Page Count: 204