Brother's Best Friend

Ruthie Rose Walker has spent her whole life being off limits.

To her brother.
To the boys on his football team.
And especially to Colt James.

Star wide receiver at Ohio University. Her next door neighbor. And her brother's best friend. The guy who's been in her life for as long as she can remember.

Colt was never supposed to look at her like that.

Not after years of treating her like the kid always following behind them. Not when everybody trusts him around her. Not when her cousin Kat has been obsessed with him for years.

But something changes.

Maybe it's the way Ruthie suddenly doesn't feel so young anymore. Maybe it's seeing other guys notice her first. Or maybe Colt James was always one bad decision away from crossing a line he swore he never would.

Now the tension between them is impossible to ignore.

The lingering stares.
Late night conversations.
The jealousy Colt has no right to feel.
And the secrets Ruthie knows could destroy everything if Davon ever finds out.

Because football is everything at Ohio University. Loyalty matters. Brotherhood matters.

And falling for your brother's best friend?

That's the one rule Ruthie Rose Walker was never supposed to break.