Without You
Marley Valentine
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
4.09
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 93 ratings · 314 pages · Published: 11 Mar 2020

Julian was the boy next door. My brother’s best friend, he fit with my family in ways I never could. While he and Rhett went on to play house, I left the only life I knew, desperate for a fresh start.
Until everything changed.
Heartache came along, and the aftermath of my brother’s death was here to stay. I was now face to face with Julian more than I ever wanted to be.
Being around him brought up all my insecurities, forced me to deal with hard truths, and conjured up feelings I had no business entertaining. He wasn’t the man I thought I knew. He was complex and layered, and inherently beautiful in all the ways I’d never noticed.
Not on another person.
Not on another man.
Not until him.
Tagged as:
- hurt/comfort 30
- gay romance 19
- contemporary 18
- forbidden love 8
- angst 7
- secret relationship 6
- enemies to lovers 5
- christian 4
- friends to lovers 4
- bisexuality 3
- sweet/gentle hero 3
- queer awakening 3
- sibling's best friend 3
- possessive hero 2
- tortured hero 2
- queer romance 2
- anal sex 1
- caretaking 1
- working class hero 1
- grumpy/cold hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 5
- abuse 4
- mental trauma 1
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 5
- first person pov 3
- male pov 1