Off limits: the unwritten rule

He had one rule: never get involved with his best friend's sister. But what happens when she becomes the one girl he can't ignore?

Chloe Sullivan is invisible-and she likes it that way. As a straight-A student with a passion for science and a wardrobe full of oversized hoodies, she's comfortable living in the shadows of Ridgewood High. Especially when the spotlight belongs to people like her brother's best friend, Jaxon Reed.

Jaxon is the ultimate bad boy: star athlete, devastatingly handsome, and notorious for his no-strings-attached approach to dating. He's also the boy Chloe has secretly loved since she understood what a heartbeat was. To him, she's just "Ryan's little sister"-the nerdy, quiet girl he barely notices when he comes over to hang out.

Everything changes the summer before senior year.

When Chloe decides to shed her invisibility cloak-braces off, glasses swapped for contacts, and a newfound confidence-she returns to school as someone nobody recognizes. Suddenly, she's catching the attention of guys who never knew she existed. Including Jaxon.

For the first time, he sees her. And the look in his storm-grey eyes isn't brotherly.

But Jaxon and Ryan have an unspoken rule: sisters are off-limits. Jaxon isn't the type to admit feelings-not to himself, and certainly not to anyone else. Instead, he wages a silent war: one minute protecting Chloe with a ferocity that surprises them both, the next retreating behind his playboy facade, flaunting other girls to remind himself (and her) of who he's supposed to be.

Caught between loyalty and desire, Jaxon and Chloe navigate a dangerous game of stolen glances, charged moments, and breathless almosts. The tension is thick enough to cut, but so are the rules.

Welcome to a slow-burn romance where every look is a secret, every touch is a betrayal, and the only thing more dangerous than falling for your brother's best friend... is him falling for you.