One look at the man sitting next to mom tells me everything I need to know.

He is Aaron's dad.

Mom is getting married to Aaron's dad.

I had a one night stand with Aaron Coleman seven years ago and in the heat of the moment, after I left the motel he'd f****d me in, I spent the following week writing a fictional story about us.

I'd entirely forgotten about that story until now. The story went ahead to become a New York bestseller the following year but nobody, besides Juliet, knows I'm the author.

Aaron Coleman is about to be my stepbrother. He's the protagonist of a romance book I'd written and dumped years ago.

And as I move slowly, towards the table to join the small party, I realize that the coming weeks is going to be worse than the past seven years of my life, combined.

SEVEN YEARS AGO

"It's almost like you're a virgin," Aaron blurts out in disbelief as he slowly tries to move.His remark makes me feel defensive so I don't know when I get heated and respond in a sharp voice. "What if I am?"

Aaron stiffens against me, his body hovering above mine.

"That's going to be a problem, cupcake," he says in an entirely different voice that tells me I'm in danger...