A forbidden attraction grows even more complicated when the guy Lane Jamison has crushed on for years suddenly becomes her step-brother in this sexy and gorgeously written debut novel about the lines between love, desire, and obsession.
What happens when the boy you want most becomes the one person you canāt have?
Lane Jamisonās life is turned upside down the week before her senior year when her father introduces her to his new fiancĆ©e: mother of Grey McIntyre, Laneās longtime secret crush. Now with Grey living in Laneās house, thereās only a thin wall separating their rooms, making it harder and harder to deny their growing mutual attractionāan attraction made all the more forbidden by Greyās long-term girlfriend Sadie Hall, who also happens to be Laneās friend.
Torn between her feelings for Grey and her friendship with Sadieānot to mention her desire to keep the peace at homeāLane befriends Sadieās older brother, Connor, the black sheep of the strict, evangelical Hall family. Connor, a metalworking artist who is all sharp edges, challenges Lane in ways no one else ever has. As the two become closer and start to open up about the traumas in their respective pasts, Lane begins to question her conviction that Connor is just a distraction.
Tensions come to a head after a tragic incident at a party, forcing Lane to untangle her feelings for both boys and face the truth of whatāand whoāshe wants, in this gripping and stunningly romantic debut novel.