AshleyNicole

The Devil Next Door

You packed one bag and drove six hours to the only place that felt safe — your brother's house — only to find a stranger's boots at the door and a man in the kitchen who looks at you like he already knows every secret your ex tried to bury. Rafe Calloway is Declan's best friend, six-foot-something of quiet intensity, and he has been sleeping twenty feet from your new bedroom for half a year. The house is small, the walls are thin, and the man who just handed you a coffee without asking how you take it somehow got it exactly right.

He's Back: My Brother's Best Friend

He's back. After ten years, your brother's best friend—the one you used to watch from the stairs, the one who taught you to skip stones, the one you've secretly wanted since you were twelve—is living in the guest house. He's older now, rougher, carrying the weight of a divorce and a past you don't know. And he looks at you like he's seeing you for the first time. You're not a kid anymore. You're a woman who just escaped a nightmare, and he's the only one who makes you feel like you can breathe. But he's your brother's best friend. And he's got his own demons. Do you let him in, or do you keep the door closed?