Celia Hardwick is off limits.

 

Her cousin is my best friend, and the closest thing either one of us has to a brother. He’d see any signs of anything between Celia and me as the deepest kind of betrayal. And neither one of us wants to do anything to hurt him.

 

But from the moment I meet her, in her green bikini, I can’t get her out of my mind. And when she finds me alone and whips off that top, I don’t know what other choice I have.

 

Now we’re friends—long distance—with benefits. Hiding from her family, sneaking time to text each other, and enjoying every second of our secret fling.

 

But with every day that passes, it’s getting harder for me to focus on my real life.

 

I want her—and not just for her incredible body, but for the vulnerability she only shares with me. For her wit and her brain and her ambition. For the way she makes me feel like the only man she trusts.

 

I don’t know how I could ever keep her, and asking for the things I want has never been my strength. But for her, I’ll find a way.

 

Because it’s either risk it all, or live without her. And now that I’ve fallen for her, there’s no going back.