Bros before hoes. Chicks before dicks...
That was the saying, right?
Your friends always come before your love life.
Choosing a man over your forever friends was the ultimate sin in high school, but what about after?
When did it stop being the ultimate crime against your friends and just become part of growing up?

There was only one thing worse than choosing a man over your friends, hooking up with your best friend's off-limits older brother.

Jace was always off-limits—my best friend's brother, the ultimate forbidden fruit. But this summer, everything changed.

With our friends coupled up and us both suddenly single, Jace proposes an irresistible idea: be his secret summer girlfriend. No strings, no drama, just a cure for our summer loneliness. What could go wrong?

I tell myself it's just pretend, a fleeting summer fling. No one has to know, right?

But as sun-soaked days blend into star-lit nights, I'm faced with an unexpected complication: my heart isn't playing along. With every stolen moment and hidden smile, I'm falling harder for the one guy I can't have.