Two bickering strangers trying to foster their younger siblings team up to create a stable home, but the chemistry between them threatens to undo their plansโfrom the viral TikTok author of Next to You and Out on a Limb.
โFunny and huge-hearted and romantic and real.โโNew York Times bestselling author Talia Hibbert
When people-pleasing Chloe learns that her birth mother has unexpectedly had another baby, she doesnโt hesitate to become a next-of-kin guardian. But when she fails to pass Child Protective Servicesโ financial evaluation, she is faced with a choice: see her baby sister placed in foster care or participate in CPSโs new initiative, where two prospective guardians join households to qualify.
Enter Warren, a surly mechanicโs apprentice attempting to get custody of his deaf fifteen-year-old brother. From the moment Warren drives up thirty minutes late, blasting music out of his car, Chloe is convinced that this is a very bad idea. The two immediately clash but eventually agree to live together for the sake of their younger siblings.
As their lives intertwine, and Chloe adjusts to caring for her newborn sister, she begins to see a new, softer side of Warren. In fact, theyโre far more similar than she could have imagined. What started as forced begins to feel naturalโand far less lonely. Chemistry soon intensifies beyond what either of them can stand, but is their mutual attraction worth risking everything theyโve fought for?