Everyone knows falling for your best friend’s brother is a disaster waiting to happen...

Good thing I can’t stand him.

River Ashburn has all the makings of a main character — striking looks, seductive charm, and a career as modern art's reigning prince. But to me, he’s a villain.

For the last nine years, the only passion we've shared is mutual loathing. As for the other tension I occasionally feel around him? That's just my body confusing fury with foreplay, easy to ignore.

Until a plot twist changes everything.When I arrive for my writing residency at a secluded retreat in Northern California, the last person I expect to cross paths with is River. Now he's derailing my dream from the other side of a paper-thin wall.

Seeing him every day is a distraction I don't need. Listening to him shower? Torture. But the real danger of forced proximity is a truth unveiled over days and weeks: beneath our hostility lies powerful chemistry.

With every shared smile, vulnerable confession, and not-so-accidental touch, the magic between us grows. So does my fear. Writing happy endings isn't the same as believing in them, and surrendering my heart means risking more than I can afford to lose.

Except River isn’t the villain in my story anymore.

He’s the hero.

And he’s about to steal my pen.

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If you love banter, slow burn tension, summer camp vibes, emotional romance with humor, and a hero who falls first and hard, you won’t want to miss RIVER & RUE.

Tropes:

• Brother's best friend

• Forced proximity

• ALL the yearning

• Slow burn

• He falls first

• Soulmate magic

• Dramedy (comedy + drama)
  

RIVER & RUE is a standalone spin-off within the Breaking Love universe. As such, it contains characters and minor spoilers from prior books in the series.