Friends don’t kiss.
Especially not your best friend.
Especially not when your ex walks in with your sister, your family’s watching, and you’re holding the cake you spent hours perfecting—your sugar-laced reminder that you’re a pastry chef now, even if no one seems to notice.

But when Colton Harper—my best friend and the most dependable man I know—swoops in and pretends to be my boyfriend, I let him. He says he’s just helping me save face. That it’s no big deal.
Except now he’s calling me sweetness, touching me like I’m more than a friend, and kissing me like he means it.
And the worst part?
I kiss him back. And it’s messing with my head.

Because Colt isn’t just my friend. He’s the man who helped me build a life in Emerald Creek when I had nothing. He’s my anchor. My home. If we cross this line and it falls apart, I don’t just lose him—I lose everything.

Letting him in means risking the one thing I’ve always feared: that I’m either too much or not enough for someone to truly stay.

FRIENDS DON’T KISS is a steamy small-town romance featuring fake dating, friends to lovers, found family, a cinnamon roll mechanic, and one grumpy pastry chef who might just learn that love is the sweetest risk of all.

📚 This is the fourth book in the Emerald Creek Series, but it can be fully enjoyed as a standalone! HEA guaranteed.

Tropes You’ll Love:

💞 Friends to Lovers
💞 Fake Dating
💞Small Town Romance
💞 Found Family
💞 Mechanic x Pastry Chef
💘 He Falls First (and Harder)
💞 Meddling Best Friend
💞 No Third-Act Breakup