Ava Reed

Aurora Crestwood has been in love with her best friend Liam for ten years. Ten years of being his shoulder to cry on, his late-night phone call, his emotional support through every breakup. Ten years of watching him chase the same toxic woman who keeps breaking his heart.

When Selena Beaumont announces her engagement to someone else, Aurora thinks she's finally free. But Liam has other plans. He wants to crash the wedding, make one last desperate play for the woman who's never truly wanted him. And he wants Aurora to help him do it.

Against her better judgment, she agrees. What she doesn't expect is to meet Kian Vance.

Liam's estranged brother is everything Liam isn't—dangerous, direct, and completely uninterested in playing games. He's also friends with the groom, which makes him the biggest threat to their sabotage plan. But when Kian looks at Aurora, he doesn't see Liam's reliable best friend. He sees a woman who's been hiding her true self for far too long.

"I'm going to steal her from you," Kian tells his brother with cold certainty.

When Kian proposes a wager—if the wedding falls apart, Aurora belongs to him—she should walk away. She should focus on helping Liam win the woman he's obsessed with. She should stick to being the good girl she's always been.

Instead, she shakes hands with the devil himself.

Now Aurora is caught between two brothers, a wedding that might not happen, and a dangerous man who sees right through her carefully constructed walls. Kian promises to show her what it means to be truly wanted, but his interest comes with a price.

As the wedding weekend spirals toward chaos, Aurora must decide: will she keep playing it safe, or will she finally embrace the fire she's been hiding?


Claimed By The Wrong Brother

I stared at Kian sitting on the edge of the bed. His ultimatum echoed in my head. Choose him or walk away. Submit or leave.


"You're asking me to cut Liam out of my life completely?" My voice trembled.


"I'm not asking." Kian's eyes were hard. "I'm telling you how things will be."


The arrogance of this man was unbelievable. Yet here I was, half-naked and still throbbing with need for him.


"He was my best friend for ten years," I whispered.


"And he chose Selena every single time." Kian's words cut deep. "Yet here you are, hesitating over me."


The truth stung. Liam had never paused to consider my feelings. He'd run back to Selena without a second thought, while I stood agonizing over this decision.


I pulled my blouse tighter around me. "I need time to think."


"No." He stood up and began unbuttoning his shirt. "You decide now."


My mouth went dry as he revealed the tattooed skin beneath. He tossed his shirt aside, then unbuckled his belt with deliberate slowness.


Say You're Mine