Heโs nearly fifty. Married. A father. And his wife is carrying their second child. Sheโs young, innocent, and completely off-limits. Y/N was only supposed to be the nanny. But somewhere between lingering looks, quiet conversations, and a marriage already falling apart, Josh Hayes starts wanting the one woman he can never have. Some things are wrong. Some things are forbidden. And some things are impossible to stop.
Y/n is nineteen when she moves back to her hometown to begin college. After her parents divorced when she was young, she left the state with her mother and spent the next decade building a life somewhere else. Her hometown became little more than summer memories and occasional visits.
Two years ago, Y/N left townโand left Beau Carter behind. Now sheโs back, but Beau isnโt waiting for her. Heโs with someone else, while Y/N has someone new waiting in the wings. Old love. New beginnings. Unfinished feelings. Sometimes, you donโt move on. You just waitโฆ just in case.
After years of living as neighbors, Cade Walker and the girl from the ranch next door finally see each other after both walking away from toxic relationships that left them broken. Neither of them believes in love anymore, so they make a deal: no relationship, no feelings, just friends with benefits. But the more they become each otherโs safe place, the harder it becomes to pretend thereโs nothing more between them.
She was done with love. He didnโt believe in it. A drunken hookup between a heartbroken nursing student and the universityโs notorious star quarterback was only supposed to be a distraction. No strings. No feelings. Until it isnโt.
A hopeless romantic and a serial hookup unexpectedly collide after a night at the bar. What starts as Wade showing Y/N the ropes soon turns into friendship, jealousy, and a slow-burn romance neither of them saw coming.
A quiet, observant psychology senior named Damien Hayes begins a casual romance with Y/N after meeting her at a club, slowly drawing her into a relationship that feels comforting and meant to be. As their connection deepens, subtle coincidences hint that he may have known more about her long before they metโbut nothing feels wrong enough to questionโฆ yet.
Miles Carter thought he was about to start the next chapter of his life with the woman he lovedโuntil one accident changed everything. With her memories of their relationship gone, he must face the heartbreak of becoming a stranger to the person who once knew him best. As they rebuild their connection from the beginning, they discover whether love can survive when the memories disappear.
She has always lived a life of privilege, while Nash Johnson has only ever known survival. When their worlds collide at a college party, a simple act of protection leads to an unlikely arrangement โ her money in exchange for his protection. What starts as a battle between a sunshine girl and a brooding fighter slowly becomes something neither of them expected, especially when Nashโs dangerous past, underground fight rings, and her fatherโs investigation threaten to tear them apart.
