Forbidden Summer: A Love That Defies the Rules (Bound by Passion)

He’s her father’s best friend. Twice her age. Completely off-limits. And the only man she’s ever wanted.

At sixteen, Tory Even is a whirlwind of energy, a tomboy who has spent years training with her three older brothers. She’s the daughter every parent wishes for and the friend everyone wants. But when her father’s handsome friend enters her life, Tory discovers a dangerous attraction she can’t ignore.

He’s older. Experienced. Forbidden. And when he looks back at her, the boundaries she’s always known begin to blur.

No one can know. Not her brothers, not her friends, not her father. Their secret meetings in the dark, their stolen moments, their whispered promises—it’s a castle built on sand.

But the storm is coming. And when the truth shatters their fragile world, Tory will face a choice: cling to the love that defines her or let it destroy everything she’s ever known.

First love. Last chance. No going back.