Vulnerably Yours,

In the small town of Cottswald, Richard Lustberg is everyone's favorite-the golden boy with the easy smile and endless charm.

But Shira Kaur has never fallen for it.

She is his best friend's older sister, who is all sharp wit and slow, dangerous glances. Around her, Richard feels less like the good man everyone expects and more like something reckless, exposed. She doesn't flirt. She doesn't soften. She just sees him-and that's what unravels him.

When a winter storm strands them alone in her house on the hill, the masks they wear for the world begin to slip.

In the hush of falling snow, secrets surface. Old longing sharpens. And the safety of distance gives way to something far more terrifying: being fully known. Because love, they discover, isn't about who you are when the world is watching-it's who you become when you hand someone your heart and say, vulnerably yours.

(1st installment of the New Wave V-Series)