A fake relationship. A real attraction. A truth someone would kill to keep.
Ben built his life on ambition, success, and carefully maintained distance, even from the family who loves him most.
But when his career implodes, and his relationship ends on the same day, he is left untethered, questioning who he is without the life he worked so hard to build.
Kelly has spent years outrunning her past. As a successful true crime podcaster, she knows how to expose secrets.
But returning home for her sister’s wedding means facing the one case she’s never been able to solve: the murder of her best friend, Lori, a crime the town quietly buried years ago.
When Kelly’s boyfriend abruptly backs out of the trip, Ben unexpectedly takes his place, posing as her partner for the wedding.
What begins as a convenient arrangement quickly turns intimate as they navigate her suffocating family, their undeniable chemistry, and an investigation that draws unwanted attention.
Someone doesn’t want the past unearthed…and they’re willing to make that very clear.
As clues surface and tensions rise, Ben and Kelly grow closer, their attraction deepening into something neither planned nor expected.
But the closer they get to the truth, the more dangerous the questions become, and the more they risk losing everything they’re beginning to want.
To solve the case and protect the future, they’ll have to confront buried secrets, broken boundaries, and a town desperate to keep its sins hidden.
