He just wanted to know what it was like. She just wanted him. 

Emersyn King is heartbroken. 

She’s been in love with her brother’s best friend, Brady, since she was a kid. It never mattered that he was almost twice her age or that her brother would disapprove. She couldn’t change how she felt about him. 

She thought it was all one-sided, resigning herself to it being nothing but a silly crush…until, on the night before leaving for deployment, Brady kissed her. 

And that one kiss messed up everything. Instead of getting her happily ever after, she gets the silent treatment. 

It’s been a year since that kiss, but she still can’t forget it, and when Brady returns home, she wonders if he ever did too. 

She won’t make the same mistake twice, though. 

If Brady wants her, then he has to fight for her.