Unwilling to risk the best thing in his life, their friendship, Jesse prepares to tell her that he will be leaving town to study in Paris, but her beauty begins to color his fantasies of painting her beautiful nude body in all manners of innocent and seductive poses.
Either way, whether through heat or absence, their unfailing friendship is about to be tested.
This novelette is a complete story and can be read independently.
Books in the EVERLASTING SERIES (interconnected, stand-alone novels):
NATE (Prequel)
BEAUTIFUL RUIN
MAGNIFICENT RUIN
JESSE'S GIRL
SAVING GRACE
Keywords: beautiful ruin, college, college/university student, coming of age, contemporary romance, everlasting series, first time, friends to lovers, new adult, romance, short stories, university / college, young love, steamy
USA Today Bestselling author Alison Foster loves reading a good love story almost as much as she loves writing one. She spends her time dreaming up strong heroes and even stronger heroines and she enjoys finding unexpected strengths within her characters when they are in the most unexpected places.
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