Beautiful Lies

A forbidden, reverse age gap, standalone romance

One wild night. That's all it was supposed to be.

Until he walked into my sister's rehearsal dinner.

Adrian Corvin isn't just the sinfully gorgeous musician who set my world on fire - he's my sister's brother-in-law. Completely forbidden. Absolutely off-limits.

But when he shows up at my door to renovate my house, our attraction becomes impossible to ignore. Every shared glance, every stolen touch, every secret moment makes me feel things I thought I'd buried years ago.

There's too much at stake and my daughter always comes first. I've built walls for a reason.

Yet with every swing of his hammer, every heated look, Adrian chips away at my defenses. I tell myself it's just physical. That I can handle a casual fling.

But Adrian doesn't want casual. He want's all of me.

The longer I keep this a secret, I'm not just risking my sister's trust but also my heart.

Book Details:

For fans of: The Idea of You and Abby Jimenez's Part of Your World, with the happy ending.

Tropes: Reverse age gap (older heroine), one-night stand to more, musician hero, single mom, forbidden (tangled with her sister's in-laws), reverse grumpy/sunshine, golden retriever hero, workaholic heroine

Vibe: Emotional, medium angst, steamy open-door, HEA

Format: Single POV (Lake), first person present. Standalone. Set in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona.