A wickedly comic feminist mystery about the dark side of a hopeless romantic's seemingly perfect love story for readers of Jessica Goodman and Kara Thomas.

Alyson is a romantic, and sometimes it gets her into trouble. Like last summer, she thought her co-worker was into her, when in reality he found her flirting pathetic.

Then she meets Brenton Riggs Jr., and right away she knows that their connection isn t just in her head. When he swoops in to save her one night from a less than savory party encounter, she falls head-over-heels. Finally, someone Alyson likes who likes her back!

But when she finds out about the King s Cup a competition the guy s at their boarding school started to see who has the most sexual prowress she s put on edge. Does Brenton really want to be with her, or is he just trying to win? Then Alyson and the other girls at the school start a competition of their own: The Queen s Cup. It s all about  reclaiming their power. But as the compeition heats up, Alyson s relationship begins to fall apart and it isn t long before the cracks in her perfect love story start to show through.