BETWEEN DESIRE AND DENIAL

<p>??<b>A HOT, DARK ROMANCE FROM THE TIKTOK SENSATION - SHAIN ROSE IS YOUR NEW OBSESSION</b>??<br><br><b>Dimitri Hardy and I were never really supposed to be friends.</b><br><br>He was a risky, over-the-top investor. I was trying to avoid the glamorous lifestyle my parents had raised me in.<br>He was fun and laid back. I was wound tight and dramatic.<br>He had his life put together. I did not.<br><br>So having Dimitri witness my breakup was a low moment. Especially since my boyfriend was also my professor, and after cheating on me, he decided to make me redo my master''s thesis.<br><br>But Dimitri saw an opportunity. He offered to assist with my thesis. In exchange, I would help him gain the trust of the upscale town where I''d grown up-one he''d just heavily invested in.<br><br><b>His proposal: </b><br><b>Move back home and fake a relationship with him for the summer.</b><br><b>Show my town he''s trustworthy.</b><br><b>Adore one another in public and pretend there''s no desire brewing