Without You
Marley Valentine
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
4.11
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 37 ratings · Published: 11 Mar 2020
Julian was the boy next door. My brother’s best friend, he fit with my family in ways I never could. While he and Rhett went on to play house, I left the only life I knew, desperate for a fresh start.
Until everything changed.
Heartache came along, and the aftermath of my brother’s death was here to stay. I was now face to face with Julian more than I ever wanted to be.
Being around him brought up all my insecurities, forced me to deal with hard truths, and conjured up feelings I had no business entertaining. He wasn’t the man I thought I knew. He was complex and layered, and inherently beautiful in all the ways I’d never noticed.
Not on another person.
Not on another man.
Not until him.
Tagged as:
- hurt/comfort 27
- gay romance 16
- contemporary 15
- christian 6
- forbidden love 6
- enemies to lovers 5
- angst 5
- secret relationship 4
- friends to lovers 3
- dual pov 3
- bisexuality 2
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- new adult 1
- second chances 1
- possessive hero 1
- first person pov 1
- tortured hero 1
- queer romance 1
- queer awakening 1
- sibling's best friend 1
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- content warnings
- abuse 4
- death / grief 3