Kennedy Ryan pours her whole soul into everything she writes, and it makes for books that are heart-searing, sensual, and life affirming. EMILY HENRY

Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She has phenomenal friends, a loving family, and a thriving business that places her in the entertainment industry’s rarefied air. Your vision board? Shes probably living it.

Shes a woman with goals, dreams, ambitionsalways striving upward.And in the midst of everything, she’s facing her toughest challenge yet: caring for an aging parent.

Who has time for romance? From her experience, there’s a low ROI on relationships. She hasn’t met the man who cankeep up with her anyway. Until…him.

Tech mogul Maverick Bell is a dilemma wrapped in an exquisitely tailored suit and knee-melting charm. From their first charged glance at the summer’s hottest party, Hendrix feels like shes met her match. Only he cant be. Mav may be the first to make her feel this seen and desired and appreciated, but hes the last one she can have. Forbidden fruit is the juiciest, and this man is off limits if she plans to stay the course shes set for herself.

But when Maverick gives chasepursuing her, spoiling her,understandingheris it time to let herself have something more?

One of the finest romance writers of our age. Entertainment Weekly