Breaking the Rules

A Second Chance Bad Boy Romance

He’s my best friend’s off-limits brother—so why am I the one ending up half-naked and trapped in forced proximity with him?

Cole Knight storms back into town like trouble wrapped in tattoos—older, grumpier, and absolutely off-limits.

Especially when he’s my best friend’s brother and convinced I’m too soft for the shadows he lives in.

Then the threats start.

And somehow I’m stuck sharing a roof—and a bed-adjacent level of proximity—with the one man I’ve never been able to ignore.

One accidental touch turns into a moment I can’t forget.

The way he steps between me and danger.

The way his voice drops when he says my name.

The way he looks at me like he wants to claim every inch of me.

Somewhere in the heat, the chaos, the almost-kisses…

I fall for him. Hard.

But when everything blows up, he pulls away to “keep me safe.”

And the worst part?

If he walks now, the stalker might not be the one who breaks me—he will.