"Don't Fall for Him (I Did Anyway)" Cole Walter x OC

"He was guarded, cold, and completely off-limits. And yet, he saw me when no one else did."

After the sudden death of her parents, 17-year-old Kaia Westbrook is forced to leave behind everything she's ever known - her city, her friends, and the only home she's ever had. With no one else left, she moves in with her 20-year-old brother Asher, a quiet, fiercely protective guardian who owns his own place in the small town of Silver Falls.

All Kaia wants is to survive her senior year at Silver Falls High without falling apart. But then she meets Cole Walter - the distant, untouchable heartthrob with a reputation as cold as the Colorado snow. Rumors follow him like shadows. Walls surround him like armor. And for some reason... he notices her.

What Kaia doesn't know is that Cole fell first. Long before she even knew his name. And the deeper she gets pulled into his world, the more she realizes he's nothing like the boy everyone warns her about.

But Asher sees the truth. He knows heartbreak when it's coming - and he refuses to let his sister get caught in the crossfire.

As friendships shift, secrets unravel, and sparks begin to fly, Kaia must decide if loving someone broken is worth breaking the only promise she made to herself: Don't fall for him.