The Slade Brothers Second Generation Series by Alexis Winter

A Small Town Friends to Lovers RomanceI didn’t mean to fall in love with my best friend’s wife.We were just kids when it happened.Now, a decade and a half later she and I have bonded over tragedy—she lost the love of her life and I lost my best friend.I always knew Dolly was gonna break my heart—but the truth is, she never even got the chance. The second she saw my best friend Dean, I was history... moreA Small Town Friends to Lovers RomanceI didn’t mean to fall in love with my best friend’s wife.We were just kids when it happened.Now, a decade and a half later she and I have bonded over tragedy—she lost the love of her life and I lost my best friend.I always knew Dolly was gonna break my heart—but the truth is, she never even got the chance. The second she saw my best friend Dean, I was history.The three of us were inseparable, always on some adventure together while I suffered in silence and loved her in secret.I tried to pull away from her but she needed me and maybe I needed her just as bad.I’ve convinced myself that the only reason she’s started to look at me differently is because I’m her last remaining tie to him.I’ve also convinced myself that I can resist the temptation when we end up stranded with one bed in a cabin in the mountains.But the way she looks at me—the way her body responds to my touch, my resolve that’s hanging by a thread snaps and I completely lose myself in her.I allow myself to give in, to live out this fantasy even though I know that my future at my family’s ranch is going to completely uproot my life in a few months.I never stopped loving her but she deserves more than someone stuck in the past and I won’t survive losing her twice.Somewhere along the lines of our tangled journey, through heartbreak and friendship, we realized that maybe the path that brought us together, is the same one that will tear us apart. less

I’ve wanted her for as long as I can remember, but she’s off-limits.She isn’t just my childhood friend.She’s the triplet sister of my two best friends.The girl I swore I’d never touch, no matter how many times she tempts me to.We’ve always had that pull.That spark that never really went out, just buried itself deep until we were both too damn stubborn to admit it.And every time she smiles at me, I want to take what’s never been mine.Claim what I’ve been denying for years.Adrienne Slade.Sharp... moreI’ve wanted her for as long as I can remember, but she’s off-limits.She isn’t just my childhood friend.She’s the triplet sister of my two best friends.The girl I swore I’d never touch, no matter how many times she tempts me to.We’ve always had that pull.That spark that never really went out, just buried itself deep until we were both too damn stubborn to admit it.And every time she smiles at me, I want to take what’s never been mine.Claim what I’ve been denying for years.Adrienne Slade.Sharp. Fearless. Untouchable.Way too good for a man like me.Then she shows up asking me to help rebuild her dad’s old Mustang.Just the two of us, long nights in the garage, side by side.She swears it’s about the car, but we both know better.One kiss and every line I drew between us shatters.One night and I know I’ll never get enough of her.But wanting her and keeping her are two very different things.Because she’s got a future bigger than this town and I’ve spent my entire life convincing myself I’m not the man who could ever hold her.One moment can change everything.And one mistake could cost me even more.Because Adrienne Slade isn’t just temptation.She’s the only woman I’ve ever loved and I’ll fight like hell not to lose her again. less