makenzie1000
Amara Bennet was eleven when she developed a silly, harmless crush on Marcus Cruz-her best friend Sienna's father. It was the kind of innocent thing little girls grow out of, and she did, filling her teenage years with a boyfriend and a life that had nothing to do with the steady, quiet man who made her feel safe. That old feeling stayed buried, exactly where it belonged.
But when Sienna's mother leaves and Amara's own relationship ends, she finds herself back in the Cruz house with nowhere else that feels like home. Marcus, lonely and closed off from the world, begins to blur the lines between comfort and something darker-a lingering touch, a moment that could mean nothing except that it doesn't. Amara doesn't tell anyone. She can't. Telling the truth means losing Sienna, losing the only family she's ever fully trusted, losing everything. So she keeps the secret alone, caught between the guilt of her hidden feelings and the impossible choice between loyalty to her best friend and the dangerous pull of a man she was never supposed to want. In a house already full of unspoken pain, one forbidden attraction threatens to unravel everyone who loves each other-and there may be no way to survive what comes next...