Riley Bennett has always lived in Elliot Harris’s shadow. To the world, Elliot is cold, untouchable, a man who once loved Riley’s sister and took in her family after tragedy struck. To Riley, he’s both protector and torment—distant, magnetic, impossible to ignore.
One stormy night shatters the fragile boundaries between them, leaving Riley caught between yearning and regret, and Elliot fighting emotions he swore he’d buried. As Riley struggles to chase his own dreams on the stage and screen, Elliot’s presence pulls him back again and again—demanding, teasing, yet startlingly tender.
But when love begins to blur the lines of duty and desire, Riley must decide if the warmth he craves is worth the risk of heartbreak… and if Elliot can truly let go of the past to see him, not as Krista’s little brother, but as the man who belongs by his side.
A story of forbidden longing, unspoken tenderness, and the kind of love that burns brighter than the stars.
