She has been the one secret he can never keep, and the one truth he can never speak. He has loved her since the day she was born, a fierce and protective devotion he buried deep, knowing she could never be his. She was his best friend’s little sister, twelve years younger and off limits in every way. Now she is back in their small town, no longer a child, and the way she looks at him makes the walls he built over a decade tremble. Every forbidden glance, every accidental touch, threatens to shatter the careful distance he has maintained since the day her brother died.
Forced together to renovate James’s old house, they collide in a slow burn of unspoken words and aching proximity. He is a protective hero haunted by loyalty and guilt, and she is a woman determined to reclaim her own life from the shadow of grief. Their brother’s best friend romance and age gap romance is tangled with family drama and the weight of a love triangle that never truly was. Each late night confession and accidental brush of skin brings them closer to a line they cannot uncross, where second chance romance and forbidden desire collide with the truth they have both avoided for years.
This steamy contemporary romance unfolds like a storm gathering on a summer afternoon, atmospheric and immersive. It is a heartfelt romance with tension, a story about how love can heal the deepest wounds when we finally dare to forgive ourselves for wanting happiness. The slow burn builds with every chapter, from a slice of shared pie to a kiss that never happened, until the only choice left is to honor the past or embrace the future.
Perfect for fans of emotional romance, small town romance, and romance with tension. Press play on this audiobook and let yourself fall into a story where the only thing more forbidden than the truth is the silence that keeps it hidden.
