The Widower’s Temptation

Iris Dawson has been in love with Aaron Hale for as long as she can remember. A crush she buried beneath jokes, denial, and the safety of being “the girl who grew up in his house.” At twenty-three, she knows better, but knowing better doesn’t stop her hormones, her fantasies, or the way her body reacts every time she sees him. Aaron, a widower still stitched together with old grief, never once looked at his daughter’s best friend as anything but a kid… until the night she opens the wrong bathroom door and sees him fresh from the shower, towel slung dangerously low. The incident awakens something in Iris she can no longer hide, and something in Aaron he can no longer ignore. With his girlfriend Nora growing suspicious, Sara oblivious, and Iris growing bolder with every “accidental” touch, one thing becomes painfully clear: that she’s not a child anymore. And he’s not as immune to her as he pretends to be. A forbidden age-gap romance where temptation becomes inevitable… and denial becomes impossible.