Barely: A Stepbrother Story

“Kara Livingston, will you marry me?”

“Ryder, I have said yes to you ever since that summer four years ago. ***Against every inch of fiber in my being that told me not to, I’ve said yes to you.***”

“I just got offered a five-year world tour contract and I want you to come with me.”
“Ryder, you are my home. You should know that by now.”

***What happens when a girl falls in love with the one person she’s not supposed to?***

“You and me, and never us: a complicated series of almost-interactions.”

It’s the summer before college and Kara is forced to spend the holidays with her new family. Little does she know, a lot can happen in one hot summer.

The moment Kara lays her eyes on Ryder, she knows she’s a goner. She has never met anyone as sexy, fun, and liberating. But she’s made a promise that she won’t give herself away before marriage.

The moment Ryder lays his eyes on Kara, he knows his life wouldn’t be the same again. He has never met a girl so pure and genuine. He’s made it his life mission to be with her, for better or for worse.

“If God is love, you’re my religion.”

Sometimes we can’t choose who we fall in love with. Kara and Ryder’s love for one another is the kind of love that only comes once in a blue moon, but unfortunately, they can never be anything more than a brother and sister.

All that love, yet it is barely anything at all…

Book 2 of 2.