In "Business School Rivals," brilliant and fiercely ambitious Victoria Torrino meets her intellectual match in Nathan Cross during their second year at Wharton. What begins as intense academic competition—with cutting classroom debates and strategic one-upmanship—transforms when they're forced to collaborate on a high-stakes McKinsey consulting challenge. As they build complex financial models and strategic frameworks together, Victoria discovers something unexpected: a man who challenges her thinking, matches her relentless standards, and sees her domineering personality as strength rather than intimidation. Their intellectual partnership soon ignites into passionate attraction, leading Victoria to establish clear terms for a relationship where she maintains control while allowing true partnership to flourish. This steamy prequel reveals how the future VP of Acquisitions for Torrino Industries developed her trademark competitive spirit and learned that the right partner doesn't diminish her power but amplifies it—setting the stage for her complex romantic journey in the main Torrino Chronicles series.