Elle Kennedy

The final book in the bestselling Off-Campus series from New York Times bestseller Elle Kennedy.

The Goal

𝐒𝐡𝐞’𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬…
College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in law school, and land a high-paying job at a cutthroat firm. Her path to escaping her shameful past certainly doesn’t include a gorgeous hockey player who believes in love at first sight. One night of sizzling heat and surprising tenderness is all she’s willing to give John Tucker, but sometimes, one night is all it takes for your entire life to change.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝
Tucker believes being a team player is as important as being the star. On the ice, he’s fine staying out of the spotlight, but when it comes to becoming a daddy at the age of twenty-two, he refuses to be a bench warmer. It doesn’t hurt that the soon-to-be mother of his child is beautiful, whip-smart, and keeps him on his toes. The problem is, Sabrina’s heart is locked up tight, and the fiery brunette is too stubborn to accept his help. If he wants a life with the woman of his dreams, he’ll have to convince her that some goals can only be made with an assist.

nanafark

We’re happy because we want to be, because we’re pouring our energy and emotion into each other in the best possible way.

 goal, once upon a time, was to succeed. I didn’t realize that success wasn’t grades or scholarships or achievements, but the people I was lucky enough to have in my life.

As I look around the room, I want to give everyone a hug and a thank-you. A hug to express how much I love them and a thank-you for loving me back.

Because love is the ultimate goal. It’s not the one I had strived for, but I was lucky enough, so damn lucky, to achieve it.

“Get what?” she asks in a small voice.

“You. Me. Us. This.” I spit out words as they pop into my head. “You’re the one, Sabrina. There’s no one else for me in this world, nobody but you. If I was driving and saw you on the side of the road? You better believe I’d rip out a spark plug or two if it meant getting to spend even five seconds in your presence. You’re the fucking one.”

“Even if you didn’t give me Jamie—which is the greatest goddamn gift in the world, by the way—I’d still want to be with you. Even if you hadn’t said you loved me back, I’d take whatever scraps you were willing to give me as long as I could be with you. I don’t give a shit if that makes me pathetic—”

Her gaze clings to mine and I telegraph everything I feel, everything I can’t say, everything that’s in my heart for her.

I don’t agree with their advice. Knowing Tucker loves someone else will break me.

I’d rather go my whole life in limbo than have him tell me that he’s fallen in love with a woman who isn’t me.

Sure, it’s happening earlier than I planned, but life doesn’t always follow a schedule.

But life is always changing and you just have to adapt.

We sleep wrapped up in each other. Two halves of a bigger, better whole.

Alyssa Weaver

"What's your dicks name?" Uh-uh," he scolds. "That's wife knowledge. I can't tell you until the honeymoon.

This kiss is petal- soft and sweet as the syrup he ladles onto his words. It feels like he’s pouring tenderness over my head by the gallon. With each press of his lips against mine, he's repeating his promise to give me nothing more than what i am for. 

His thumb drags along the apple of my cheek. "I dont want to be a distraction, but I do want you. 

"So money doesn't matter once you get down to it. It doesn't matter how thin or thick anyone's wallet is. We all hurt. We all love. We're the same. And your past, who you live with, where you came from, it doesn't have to matter. You're creating your own future, and I want to see where the road forward takes you."

He lets out a slow, steady breath. "Baby. You think you're the only one with an embarrassing family member? My uncle Jim is literally one of those creepy guys that give the uncle stereotype life. He's always touching his family members in weird ways. None of my female cousins want to be around him. 

i need friends like this 🙂 ppl who actually respond to texts..

Me: I got in. Hope beats Carin by a millisecond. Hope: OMG! Congrats!! Carin replies, PIC! PIC! PIC! 

"She's got two holes like any other bitch. Three if you count her mouth. "

And then she gives it to me. The opening. So what do you these days?" You,”

Her chin juts out adorably. Id pinch it, but I think Id lose a few fingers and I'm going to need them later tonight. I have plans have them all over her body. 

New York Times bestseller Elle Kennedy brings you a sexy new Off-Campus novel that can be read as a standalone… She’s good at achieving her goals… College senior Sabrina James has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in law school, and land a high-paying job at a cutthroat firm. Her path to escaping her shameful past certainly doesn’t include a gorgeous hockey player who believes in love at first sight. One night of sizzling heat and surprising tenderness is all she’s willing to give John Tucker, but sometimes, one night is all it takes for your entire life to change. But the game just got a whole lot more complicated Tucker believes being a team player is as important as being the star. On the ice, he’s fine staying out of the spotlight, but when it comes to becoming a daddy at the age of twenty-two, he refuses to be a bench warmer. It doesn’t hurt that the soon-to-be mother of his child is beautiful, whip-smart, and keeps him on his toes. The problem is, Sabrina’s heart is locked up tight, and the fiery brunette is too stubborn to accept his help. If he wants a life with the woman of his dreams, he’ll have to convince her that some goals can only be made with an assist. The Briar U Series of Standalone Novels The Chase (Briar U Book 1) The Risk (Briar U Book 2) The Play (Briar U Book 3) The Off-Campus Series of Standalone Novels The Deal (Off-Campus Book 1) The Mistake (Off-Campus Book 2) The Score (Off-Campus Book 3) The Goal (Off-Campus Book 4)

Elise Fonteyn

You’re the only one me. My sun rises and sets  on your smile. My heart beats because yours does.

Kailey domion

“My goal, once upon a time, was to succeed. I didn’t realize that success wasn’t grades or scholarships or achievements, but the people I was lucky enough to have in my life.”

“So money doesn’t matter once you get down to it. It doesn’t matter how thin or thick anyone’s wallet is. We all hurt. We all love. We’re the same. And your past, who you live with, where you come from, it doesn’t have to matter. You’re creating your own future, and I want to see where the road forward takes you.”

“If you don’t have to work hard for something, then how can it ever truly be rewarding?”

mady hughes 

To the outside world, Sabrina James puts on a good show of being tough and impervious to it all, but in reality, she's vulnerable and sweet and precious. 

anabel gaish 

Madalena

Vanessa

Someone find me a southern boy to call me darlin’ 

Jaclyn

baby daddy trope. prolly one of my best reads, ever.

Ellie M.

3.5 ⭐️. John Tucker is so underrated. It’s not everyday you’d meet a guy who’d make you feel loved and cared for like how Tucker does for Sabrina. I didn’t expect to like this book so much because the first two books in this series disapponted me. But I was always akin to the comfort and domesticity of pregnancy tropes, and it was the reason why I wanted to follow-through with this. While Tucker is a guy who knows what he wants, it’s completely opposite to how Sabrina’s character was written. She’s realistic, smart, and strong, but her stubborness was quite annoying towards the end. And yet she remains my favorite girl because I understood her struggles with intimacy, trust, and commitment. It made her the perfect match to Tucker who’s not afraid to show how much of husband material he is through his nurturing and ever-patient nature. 

P.S.,

As much as Tucker’s talk about love at first sight, commitment, marriage, and building a family in the future would make a woman head-over-heels in love, that sort of intimacy would’ve had me scared shitless and fleeing to another continent, never to be seen by him again.

Hanna Rybchynska

Deve ser o livro que menos gostei desta série, mas sem dúvida que foi inressante!

Jay Becerra

The Goal is unfortunately my least favorite from the Off-Campus series. The relationship between Tucker and Sabrina felt so one-sided. Tucker was depicted as picture perfect (which for the most part, he really was except that scene where he's sleeping outside her house in his car... major creep alert). Overall, I just felt like Tucker loved Sabrina more than she loved him and I hated that. 

This simply wasn't anything special for me. It was a nice read but no way am I reading it again or remembering any parts that made my heart feel all soft and mushy. 

A bit of a downer considering how much I was looking forward to that pregnancy trope. It missed the mark for me.

I love these two so much, and I'll defend Sabrina James from all her haters she is my princess. Forever and always, her and Jamie, 

Although I would say that I would have liked to see what happened after with Nana and Ray, I mean a throwaway line, not like another storyline or smth.

Technically 4.75 🌟 

I love these two so much, and I'll defend Sabrina James from all her haters she is my princess. Forever and always, her and Jamie, 

Kind regards

Me and John Tucker

Although I would say that I would have liked to see what happened after with Nana and Ray, I mean a throwaway line, not like another storyline or smth.

Vicky  Nuñez 

I wasn't particularly interested in either of the main characters. My least favorite book in the series.

Sidney Schaffner

I adored Tucker. Sabrina wasn't half bad she just kinda made me a little annoyed at times with her denial and how long that all took tbh

RacquelElizabeth

Annalissa Powner 

Oh so many mixed feelings.
First off I LOVE Tucker, he can call me darlin anytime, but dear goodness above I don’t like Sabrina. This book was the first book in the series to actually upset me. I kept hoping and hoping Sabrina would just be flipping HONEST, to have an adult conversation with Tucker instead of everybody else. It killed me reading how much he cared, how much he thought so highly of her, how patient he was with her and how hard he tried only to have her again and again blow him off. Before Sabrina I wasn’t a big fan of Grace, but I understood her and I actually loved her at the end because she showed up, she was honest, where with Sabrina it took till the last like 3 chapters for her to finally be honest... mind you they had been together over a year by then!! For me this book was made by Tucker and our lovable other boys, Garrett and Logan especially, because without them I don’t think I could have finished.

Matilda

Seems like I’m in the minority here, but this was not my cup of tea. Although it was well written and the characters fairly well-rounded, I often found myself a little annoyed or bored with the characters and the story. There was a lot of skimming towards the end... 

I usually enjoy a chasing hero, but the heroine’s resistance went on way too long for my taste - to a degree where it just seemed ridiculous. 

And don’t even get me started on the hero’s mother and her behavior towards the heroine... which she never apologized for and the hero just accepted it. 

I can see why other people would like it, but it was just not my cup of tea.

trixie

tucker is the only southern man i trust tbh

actual ranking: 4.55
subjective: 80
plot: 75
writing/dialogue: 90
worldbuilding: 90
character development: 100
character relationships: 100
toxic relationships?: no
tokenized characters?: no
world rules abused for plot?: no

aliza

tucker is the biggest green flag ever. 🫶🏻
would’ve given this 5 stars but this was such a slow read that by the end we barely got to see much of tucker & Sabrina actual happy moments yk ?

like I would’ve loved that. elle kennedy dragged it on longer than it was necessary, i feel like a lot of things were easily salvageable but it got lost in the complexity of the entire plot.

loved this regardless :)) definitely one of my favourites from elle !

aaahh another great book!!! usually, i hate the pregnancy trope but i liked this book so i guess that says everything (although i kept thinking that i'd like to have a different love story for them and i  wish we could have a bit more of their time together. it was more of their separate lives, but i guess that was the point of this story. this made me feel that it was more focused on the plot than the romance aspect).

and it’s always the quiet ones indeed. Tuck is just the most amazing and it warms my heart to see love through his eyes. i again got quite emotional with Beaux’s death and i wish i wouldn’t have to re-experience it but i liked the parallel storytelling. especially at the beginning even if i had to experience Beaux's death again.

Sabrina wasn't my favourite, although i do admire her strength and willpower, and i do understand why she is the way she is, i can agree with this kind of behaviour especially towards Tucker :(

i'd like to read more about the whole situation with her mother and her living situation though, i needed a bit more depth in there because it felt as if something was missing.

overall another amazing story from Elle Kennedy!

aaahh another great book!!! usually, i hate the pregnancy trope but i liked this book so i guess that says everything (although i kept thinking that i'd like to have a different love story for them and i  wish we could have a bit more of their time together. it was more of their separate lives, but i guess that was the point of this story. this made me feel that it was more focused on the plot than the romance aspect).

and it’s always the quiet ones indeed. Tuck is just the most amazing and it warms my heart to see love through his eyes. i again got quite emotional with Beaux’s death and i wish i wouldn’t have to re-experience it but i liked the parallel storytelling. especially at the beginning even if i had to experience Beaux's death again.

Sabrina wasn't my favourite, although i do admire her strength and willpower, and i do understand why she is the way she is, i can agree with this kind of behaviour especially towards Tucker :(

i'd like to read more about the whole situation with her mother and her living situation though, i needed a bit more depth in there because it felt as if something was missing.

overall another amazing story from Elle Kennedy!

A bit more of a mature vibe than the first 3, in a good way. 

Alyssa deRaad

i hate pregnancy trope in every boom except this one and that’s saying something. 

aubree

omg this book. and don’t even get me started on sabrina. SHE WAS AMAZING. from start to finish i loved her. she literally had 2 jobs, got into her dream school, basically raised and taught herself, AND she was a mom WHILE going to law school. and tucker omg. from reading the other books i was not expecting him to be like he was. like he’s perfect. i love him and sabrina together. and it’s like this book felt way more mature and grown up than the others and i really liked it. overall, i think it’s a really good book!

This was my favorite book of the series. 

I can’t believe I haven’t read it sooner.

This is a pure masterpiece for the romance girlies🥰 

Every trope was so well done and I’m still shocked of how much I enjoyed the pregnancy troupe. Omg. This was pure heaven. 

Alma 

This was my favorite book of the series. 

I can’t believe I haven’t read it sooner.

This is a pure masterpiece for the romance girlies🥰 

Every trope was so well done and I’m still shocked of how much I enjoyed the pregnancy troupe. Omg. This was pure heaven. 

Isabel Fredriksson

Welcome to the fourth Book in the Off Campus series which has quickly become a favourite series of mine. I loved the Characters and their stories and reading them back-to-back has been an awesome experience. This is Tuckers and Sabrina’s book, and I was not disappointed.  

Sabrina James is a serious student with some serious goals. Because of the way she grew up and how her life is, she will do anything to make her dream of being a top attorney a reality. John Tucker is a hockey player, and he loves playing hockey, but that isn’t his life goal. Tuck wants to own his own successful business doing something he enjoys. When they have a chance encounter at a Bar it is a relationship that blossoms from there and one night will change everything.

I loved seeing them together so much because they were very different from each other. It was fun to see Tucker try and get Sabrina to just have fun with life. Not that she was overly uptight, but she was very focused on her future and getting the career she wanted.

Overall this is a great Series and Elle Kennedy has created a set of characters that each have their own personalities and in their own unique way their own happy ending. I loved that each of them learned a lot of lessons most especially from painful experiences. They all developed into a person who has a drive to move on and trek a different road towards maturity. Best of all, their friendship remained strong until the very end. Whoa, what a journey! This series is literally New Adult at its finest! Thank you, Elle Kennedy.

Ian Brakspear

Welcome to the fourth Book in the Off Campus series which has quickly become a favourite series of mine. I loved the Characters and their stories and reading them back-to-back has been an awesome experience. This is Tuckers and Sabrina’s book, and I was not disappointed.  

 

Sabrina James is a serious student with some serious goals. Because of the way she grew up and how her life is, she will do anything to make her dream of being a top attorney a reality. John Tucker is a hockey player, and he loves playing hockey, but that isn’t his life goal. Tuck wants to own his own successful business doing something he enjoys. When they have a chance encounter at a Bar it is a relationship that blossoms from there and one night will change everything.

 

I loved seeing them together so much because they were very different from each other. It was fun to see Tucker try and get Sabrina to just have fun with life. Not that she was overly uptight, but she was very focused on her future and getting the career she wanted.

 

Overall this is a great Series and Elle Kennedy has created a set of characters that each have their own personalities and in their own unique way their own happy ending. I loved that each of them learned a lot of lessons most especially from painful experiences. They all developed into a person who has a drive to move on and trek a different road towards maturity. Best of all, their friendship remained strong until the very end. Whoa, what a journey! This series is literally New Adult at its finest! Thank you, Elle Kennedy.

Kymora Wang

Erin Cawthorn

I accidentally read book 4 instead of book 2 but luckily it didn't impact the understanding of the story or realistically spoil anything. 

I liked the first book more, I felt frustrated at Sabrina a lot of the time. It was still a good story line with challenges and a cute little romance story.

Amazing book but so much miscommunication.

The Goal

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