AuthorConstance_Lynn
When international borders shut down overnight, Isabella Rhodes finds herself stranded far from home with nowhere to go. With the world in lockdown and flights indefinitely canceled, her best friend Maddy offers the only solution she has-quarantine at her older brother Luke Philips' house.
The same Luke Philips Isabella spent her teenage years hopelessly in love with.
At seventeen, Isabella was just Maddy's awkward best friend, lingering in the background while Luke focused on graduating law school and building his future. He barely noticed the girl who blushed every time he walked into the room.
But five years changes everything.
Now twenty-two, Isabella has grown into a confident, brilliant, and stunning young woman with ambitions of her own. And when Luke opens his door to her, he quickly realizes the shy teenager he remembers no longer exists.
Luke is successful, disciplined, and finally ready to settle down. He knows exactly what he wants in a wife-intelligence, beauty, kindness, ambition-and Isabella fits every requirement perfectly.
Except for one problem.
She's his little sister's best friend.
What begins as a temporary quarantine arrangement soon turns into late-night conversations, lingering glances, and a tension neither of them can ignore. Trapped together while the world stands still, Isabella and Luke are forced to confront feelings that have been years in the making.
But with loyalty, age gaps, and family lines threatening to complicate everything, they'll have to decide if love is worth risking the relationships that matter most.