Hidden in the Shadows (A Stepbrother Novella)

Will he pay the price loving her costs?
Now…

Addison Keating swore she would never return to Briarfield Hall, but almost eight years later, she can’t stay away.

Then…

When Addison’s stepbrother, Theo Briarfield, returns home from a tour of duty looking hotter than should be legal, she does everything she can to avoid him. Before he left, she gave her sixteen-year-old heart to him only to have him throw it back.

Wandering around the gloomy rooms of Briarfield Hall both loathing and loving her stepbrother wasn’t how she planned to spend the summer before college. But a stolen kiss on the day Theo goads her into a seemingly innocent game of hide-and-seek, reveals the depths of his desires toward her.

Will Addison risk giving Theo her heart again? Or will the fear of their parents finding out be enough to make her walk away from a longed for love that could change the path of her life?

Hidden in the Shadows is a 15,000-word steamy novella that contains adult themes and graphic language, and is only suitable for readers over the age of 18.