Faking Forever: A Brother's Best Friend Holiday Romance

Now he’s locked our bedroom door—and informed me he’s keeping me for real.

Cole Bennett is pure, uncut temptation.

Towering, broad-shouldered, and built like solid granite, he’s the kind of brutally handsome, chiseled man who commands every room he walks into. He smells of cedar, rain, and raw danger, with piercing blue eyes that shred right through my defenses.

He’s also my brother’s lifelong best friend. Utterly off-limits.

When my fiancé dumps me right before Thanksgiving, I made a desperate deal over dirty martinis: Cole puts an heirloom sapphire on my finger and plays the adoring lover to spare me from family pity. In exchange, I rebuild his marketing strategy.

No feelings. No falling. No touching.

Except the second we’re crammed into a narrow guest room with a single bed, my control turns to ash. Years of suppressed, burning attraction detonate into pure fire. Between his heavy, calloused hands sliding under the Thanksgiving dinner table and his massive frame pinning me against the cedar dresser in the dark, every inch of my body begs to surrender.

Cole isn't playing a part anymore.

He didn't take this deal out of charity. He took it to finally drag me into his bed—and he has zero intention of ever letting me go.

Why you'll obsess over this holiday novella:

• Brother's Best Friend: Lifelong history meets years of covert, unyielding obsession.

• Fake Engagement with Real Stakes: A public charade with a possessive hero who refuses to fake a single touch.

• Forced Proximity Under One Roof: A single bed in an overcrowded coastal family home where the walls are dangerously thin.

• High-Heat Covert Tension: Scorching touch under the holiday dinner table and late-night bedroom encounters.

• Alpha Contractor Hero: Broad-shouldered, protective, unapologetically dominant, and determined to build a forever home for his heroine.

• No Cheating & Guaranteed HEA: Standalone holiday novella featuring a possessive claim, emotional depth, and a sneak peek into the upcoming standalone Christmas romance!