Leave Before I Love You

Falling in love? Hard pass. Falling in love with Henry Callahan? Set me on fire first.

Rich, party girl Avery Banks has had her eye on her brother’s best friend Henry for longer than she’d like to admit. She’s spent years pretending she doesn’t care—pretending he doesn’t get under her skin every time he smirks in her direction or calls her “trouble” like it’s a compliment. He’s chaos, adrenaline-seeking, successful, funny, and hotter than the sun, but he’s also dangerous in a way Avery’s been built to ignore. He makes her face things.

Actual feelings? Ew. Responsibility? What? A plan for her...

Falling in love? Hard pass. Falling in love with Henry Callahan? Set me on fire first.

Rich, party girl Avery Banks has had her eye on her brother’s best friend Henry for longer than she’d like to admit. She’s spent years pretending she doesn’t care—pretending he doesn’t get under her skin every time he smirks in her direction or calls her “trouble” like it’s a compliment. He’s chaos, adrenaline-seeking, successful, funny, and hotter than the sun, but he’s also dangerous in a way Avery’s been built to ignore. He makes her face things.

Actual feelings? Ew. Responsibility? What? A plan for her future? That sounds terrible. But thanks to a freakishly unfortunate turn of events, Avery now finds herself locked in the most extreme case of forced proximity imaginable with the one man who’s always been too hot to handle—and now way too close for comfort. Giving in to a little chemistry? That might not be totally reckless. A quick fling to get him out of her system? Practically self-care. She just has to remember to do one thing: Leave before she loves him.

Author Note: This standalone romance is a “brother’s best friend,” “best friend’s little sister” romance in the Meet Me at Midnight world.