The Charlie Method
by Elle Kennedy
College senior Charlotte Kingston is living two lives―and she's nailing both of them. By day, she's the perfect sorority girl, a STEM student in biomedical engineering, and the adopted daughter of an overachiever family. At night, she's Charlie: a risk-taking daredevil looking for fun who finds herself chatting on a dating app with two anonymous hotties.
Will Larsen may seem like the breezy boy next door, but his congressman father is a constant thorn in his side. After a scandal hits another Division 1 hockey program, Will's dad is determined to distance his son from it, hiring a journalist to prove how squeaky-clean Will and his team are. Which means the last thing Will wants is for anyone to find out he and his best friend Beckett Dunne―a laidback Aussie shielding secret heartache―sometimes share girls in the bedroom.
When Charlie finally meets them in person and realizes she's been chatting with two gorgeous Briar U hockey players, things get steamy―fast. But all their messy secrets are piling up, and real life soon threatens to shatter the fantasy. With Charlie, Will, and Beckett all coming to terms with what they want and what others want for them, difficult decisions will need to be made.
Especially when lust starts to look a lot like love.
- Spice
- 4/5
- Burn
- Medium
- Pages
- ~528
- Ending
- HEA
HEA means happily ever after: they end up together, for good.
How spicy is The Charlie Method?
The Charlie Method is a 4 out of 5 on our spice scale: spicy (explicit). Explicit, detailed scenes and several of them. The famous "perfect 4": real plot, real smut. Spice starts around the middle.
- Steam: Explicit open door
- Burn: Medium burn
- When: Spice starts around the middle
- Pairing: Three-person relationship (MFM, MMF, FMF)
- POV: Multiple POVs
- Ending: Happily ever after
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- Mental illness / anxiety / depression
- Serious or terminal illness
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The Charlie Method: quick answers
How spicy is The Charlie Method?
The Charlie Method is a 4 out of 5 on our spice scale: spicy (explicit). Explicit, detailed scenes and several of them. The famous "perfect 4": real plot, real smut. Spice starts around the middle.
Is The Charlie Method a standalone?
No. The Charlie Method is book 3 in Campus Diaries. Start with The Graham Effect. The series is still ongoing.
What tropes are in The Charlie Method?
The Charlie Method features college / university, hockey player, secret identity. It is a medium burn Ménage romance that ends with a happily ever after.
Does The Charlie Method have content warnings?
Our notes for The Charlie Method include: mental illness / anxiety / depression, serious or terminal illness. This list may not be complete; check the author's own content notes if anything is a hard limit for you.
What should I read after The Charlie Method?
If you loved The Charlie Method, try The Deal by Elle Kennedy, The Chase by Elle Kennedy, Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. They share its college / university and hockey player energy at a similar spice level.