Off Campus began as Elle Kennedy's bestselling college romance series and has since expanded into a Prime Video adaptation centered on the students, hockey players, and relationships of Briar University. The story first introduces readers to Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham in The Deal, where an academic arrangement and a fake-dating plan gradually develop into a genuine relationship. The television adaptation uses that same foundation for its first season, with Ella Bright playing Hannah and Belmont Cameli playing Garrett. All eight episodes of Season 1 premiered together on Prime Video on May 13, 2026.
The appeal of Off Campus comes from the way its characters exist within a continuing university community. The central romantic pair changes from story to story, but Briar University, the hockey team, friendships, family relationships, and previous couples provide continuity. The original Off-Campus collection consists of four main romances followed by The Legacy, a fifth book made up of four novellas about the established couples after graduation. That structure gives the franchise a much larger character network than a single romance novel.
Prime Video is following a similar anthology-style approach. Season 1 primarily tells Hannah and Garrett's story, while the officially renewed second season shifts its central romance to Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis. Production on Season 2 is underway, with the returning cast continuing to connect the different parts of the Briar universe.
The original books establish the order and relationships that define the Off-Campus universe. The Deal is Book 1 and follows Hannah Wells and Garrett Graham. Hannah needs help attracting the attention of her crush, while Garrett, Briar's hockey captain, needs to improve his grades to stay eligible for the team. Their arrangement is therefore mutually beneficial: Garrett helps Hannah with her romantic problem, while Hannah tutors him. The relationship that begins as a practical deal eventually becomes real.
The Mistake, Book 2, moves the focus to John Logan and Grace Ivers. Logan is another Briar hockey player, but his confidence and reputation conceal uncertainty about what comes after college. Grace initially becomes involved with him before circumstances cause their relationship to fall apart, leading Logan to try to win back her trust. The shift from Hannah and Garrett to Logan and Grace demonstrates one of the series' defining characteristics: each installment has its own couple while maintaining the same university setting.
The Score is Book 3 and follows Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis. Allie is dealing with the end of a long-term relationship and uncertainty about her future when she becomes involved with Dean, whose reputation as a womanizer initially makes him seem like an unlikely romantic partner. Their story introduces another significant relationship into the same hockey-centered social circle. The Goal, Book 4, then turns to Sabrina James and John Tucker. Sabrina has a carefully planned future involving law school and a career, while Tucker's priorities change dramatically when an unexpected pregnancy becomes part of their lives.
The fifth book, The Legacy, works differently. Rather than introducing another central Briar romance, it consists of four novellas revisiting Garrett and Hannah, Logan and Grace, Dean and Allie, and Tucker and Sabrina three years after graduation. The stories include major life events such as a wedding, a proposal, an elopement, and a surprise pregnancy. It effectively serves as a continuation of the original four couples rather than a fifth standalone romance.
Prime Video's Off Campus begins with The Deal's central relationship but expands the world into an ensemble television drama. Ella Bright stars as Hannah Wells and Belmont Cameli as Garrett Graham, while Mika Abdalla plays Allie Hayes, Antonio Cipriano plays John Logan, Jalen Thomas Brooks plays John Tucker, Josh Heuston plays Justin Kohl, and Stephen Kalyn plays Dean Di Laurentis. The cast allows characters from the wider Briar circle to appear even when they are not the primary couple of Season 1.
Season 1 premiered on May 13, 2026, with all eight episodes made available simultaneously and filmed on location in Vancouver. Rather than following a weekly release pattern, Prime Video presented the complete first season at once, allowing viewers to move through Hannah and Garrett's storyline as a single bingeable arc. The television series is developed by Louisa Levy and Gina Fattore, who also serve as co-showrunners; Elle Kennedy herself is credited as a producer.
The adaptation does not simply function as a one-couple version of The Deal. Showrunner Louisa Levy has discussed incorporating material and characters from the wider Elle Kennedy universe, including elements connected to The Score and the broader Briar U world. That makes the television continuity somewhat broader than treating every season as an isolated book adaptation.
The format becomes even clearer with Season 2. Prime Video officially renewed the series ahead of the Season 1 premiere, and the second season is built around Allie Hayes and Dean Di Laurentis, corresponding to the relationship at the heart of The Score. Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli remain part of the continuing ensemble even though Hannah and Garrett are no longer the primary romantic focus. Current reporting confirms that Season 2 is in production, making the series' movement between couples an established part of its television structure rather than merely a possibility.
Briar University is the connecting element that allows Off Campus to function as a larger character universe. Garrett, Logan, Dean, and Tucker are connected through college hockey, while Hannah, Grace, Allie, and Sabrina become equally important parts of the social world surrounding the team. Because the stories overlap, events involving one couple can affect another, and characters who were central in one installment can remain meaningful in subsequent stories.
That interconnectedness is particularly useful when comparing the novels with the television series. The books separate their central romances by installment, but the characters remain linked by the same university environment. The Legacy then makes that continuity explicit by checking in on all four original couples after graduation. Elle Kennedy's official series material identifies the five-book sequence as The Deal, The Mistake, The Score, The Goal, and The Legacy — a series that has drawn over a million ratings on Goodreads and won the Goodreads Choice Award for Readers' Favorite Romance in 2015.
The television adaptation has room to develop the same idea over multiple seasons. Season 1 establishes Hannah and Garrett as the main couple, while its ensemble introduces viewers to Allie, Logan, Tucker, Dean, and other members of the Briar community. Season 2 then has the opportunity to move the spotlight without abandoning the characters already established. The official Prime Video announcement specifically frames the transition from Garrett and Hannah to Dean and Allie as the continuation of the Off Campus love story.
This structure also explains why knowledge of seemingly minor characters can matter. A character who appears as a friend, teammate, sibling, or romantic rival in one story may become much more important later. For readers who started with the novels and viewers who discovered the franchise through Prime Video, recognizing those connections is a major part of understanding the broader Briar University world.
Off Campus ultimately works because its stories are not only about individual romances. The books repeatedly place relationships alongside questions about college, athletic pressure, academic expectations, family circumstances, career plans, friendship, and the uncertain transition into adulthood. Garrett's philosophy grades threaten his hockey eligibility, Hannah's cancelled scholarship forces her to write and sell a song just to cover tuition, Sabrina has a carefully mapped professional future, and Tucker faces an unexpected change in his plans. Each romance therefore develops alongside a separate personal problem that the characters must confront.
The television adaptation preserves that broader idea while giving the franchise a visual ensemble. The hockey team provides a recurring environment, while the romantic pairings change the emotional focus from one season to another. That allows the series to continue without requiring every installment to repeat the exact same romantic setup.
The distinction between The Off-Campus books and the wider Briar universe is also worth remembering. Elle Kennedy's official website identifies Off-Campus as its own five-book series, while Briar U is a separate series within the same fictional world. Campus Diaries later continues that world as a spin-off; its first book, The Graham Effect, centers on Garrett Graham's daughter Gigi and hockey player Luke Ryder. This means the Briar setting extends considerably beyond the couples introduced in the original Off-Campus books.
As of September 2026, Prime Video's adaptation is therefore no longer a one-season experiment. Season 1 is fully available, Season 2 has been renewed and is in production, and the central relationship is moving from Hannah and Garrett to Dean and Allie. For fans of the books, the series provides a new version of the Briar story; for viewers who discovered the characters through Prime Video, the books offer the deeper original history behind the couples and their relationships.