Two broken hearts decide that the best way to get over their first loves is with a no-strings-attached relationshipin this spicy and charming debut romance.

Librarian Marcela Ortiz has been secretly in love with her best friend for yearsandwhen he gets engaged, she knows its long past time to move on. But before she gets the chance, she has a bigger problem to contend with in the form of Theo Young, ex-NFL player and older brother of the man shes in love with. When she discovers Theo’s plans to confess his feelingsfor his brothers fiance at their engagement party, Marcela is quick to stop himdespite how tempting it is to let him run away with the bride-to-be. She manages to convince Theo to sleep off his drunken almost-mistake at her placeandwhen they arrive at a family brunch the next day together, everyone wrongly assumes they hooked up.

Since Theo needs a cover for his feelings for the bride and Marcela needs a distraction from her unrequited feelings for the groom, they decide to roll with the lie. Until one late night at a bar, they take it a step further and discover a layer of attraction neither realized existed. Soon, they find themselves exploringthe simmering chemistry between them, whether inlibrary aisles orMarcela’s bed.There are no boundaries for the rebound relationship they formjust a host of complicated feelings, messy familial dynamics, and uncovered secrets that threaten to tear them apart before they can even admit to themselves that their rebound is working. Maybe a little too well.