I never should have said it. But when my brother announced he was marrying the man who wrecked me, the lie came out before I could stop it: I'm engaged too. To Wes.

My best friend. My roommate. The one man I've spent four years pretending not to want.

Wes Calloway didn't even blink. He just laced his fingers through mine, looked my whole smug family in the eye, and said, "Two weeks. Lake house. We'll make it convincing."

I thought convincing meant hand-holding and matching cocktails. I did not think it meant one bed, one week, and a man who has apparently been waiting four years for an excuse to touch me like he means it.

Wes doesn't do soft. He does claim. Every touch is a warning. Every glare across the dinner table is a promise. He tells my family exactly how he'd take care of me — and then he shows me, alone, behind a locked door, until I can't remember why we were ever just friends.

This was supposed to be revenge. A performance. A way to make my brother's fiancé regret every choice that led here.

Instead it's turning into the truth — and Wes isn't interested in giving the lie back once it's over.

A high-heat, emotionally intense standalone romance featuring a possessive best-friend hero, a forced-proximity fake engagement, and a slow-burn friendship that finally catches fire. Fully resolved HEA — no cliffhanger.

Tropes: Forced Proximity • Fake Engagement • Best Friends to Lovers • Possessive Alpha • Revenge Romance • One Bed

This book contains explicit sexual content and is intended for readers 18+.