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by Elle Kennedy
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Blake Logan has spent every Christmas Eve with the Graham family, a tradition rooted in their parents' lifelong friendship.
Blake Logan has spent every Christmas Eve with the Graham family, a tradition rooted in their parents' lifelong friendship.
Blake Logan has spent every Christmas Eve with the Graham family, a tradition rooted in their parents' lifelong friendship. This year, as a teenager, she's acutely aware of Wyatt Graham , her older, magnetic family friend. Fueled by nerves and a little too much wine, Blake confesses her crush to Wyatt , only to be met with a gentle but devastating laugh and a patronizing "kid" comment. The moment is humiliating, branding her with a sense of childishness and rejection. Yet, beneath the embarrassment, a seed of longing is planted—one that will quietly shape her feelings for years to come, even as she tries to move on.
Two years later, Blake and Wyatt 's paths cross again at another family gathering. The air between them is charged, and a midnight kitchen encounter turns electric. Wyatt , older and more complicated, can't seem to look away from Blake . Their banter escalates into a heated, almost reckless make-out session on the kitchen counter—stopping just short of a kiss. The next morning, Wyatt pretends not to remember, leaving Blake confused and wounded. This unresolved chemistry simmers beneath the surface, setting the stage for a future neither can quite admit they want.
Blake 's present-day life is upended when her boyfriend Isaac 's sex tape with a cheerleader goes viral. The betrayal is public and humiliating, but Blake finds herself unable to cry, questioning whether she ever truly loved Isaac or if she's simply numb from years of hiding her real feelings. Her family and friends rally around her, but their protectiveness only amplifies her sense of isolation. The scandal forces Blake to confront her own patterns—her tendency to avoid drama, her fear of being truly seen, and the ache for something deeper.
Needing distance from her shattered relationship and uncertain future, Blake flees to her family's lake house in Tahoe for the summer. She hopes for solitude and self-discovery, but her plans are derailed when she finds Wyatt already there, seeking his own escape from creative burnout. Their accidental cohabitation is fraught with unresolved tension, old wounds, and the challenge of sharing space with someone who both infuriates and attracts her. The lake becomes a backdrop for their emotional push and pull, as both try to regroup and redefine themselves.
A late-night encounter on the dock leads to a literal collision— Blake , startled by Wyatt 's presence, accidentally knocks them both into the freezing lake. The incident is both comic and intimate, breaking the ice (literally and figuratively) between them. Forced to confront each other in close quarters, their banter turns flirtatious,…
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Kitchen Counter Almosts
Love Bomber Fallout
Summer of Escape
Dockside Collision Course
Ground Rules and Tension
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Elle Kennedy is a New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author who grew up in the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario. She holds a B.A. in English from York University and knew from a young age that writing was her calling, actively pursuing it throughout her teenage years. She writes for various publishers and has built a devoted readership through her signature blend of strong heroines, charismatic alpha heroes, and romances infused with just the right amount of heat and tensi…
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