Love was never part of the plan-until she walked in.

JaMarques Jackson knows what lasting love looks like. He's seen it in his parents' decades-long marriage and his best friend Krista's college sweetheart romance. But for most of his adult life, love has eluded him-until Stephanie and her young daughter pull him into a picture-perfect life he never expected.

Then Jordyn enters the frame.

Their connection is instant but untimely. He stays with Stephanie. Jordyn's own relationship crumbles under betrayal. Still, fate keeps pushing them together-first as strangers, then as something far more complicated.

As JaMarques's world begins to unravel, Jordyn becomes his safe place. A kiss turns into confessions, late nights into something real. But just when their friendship begins to bloom into more, the past returns with a vengeance-Krista, secrets, and the one woman who shattered Jordyn's trust.

In the face of chaos, love demands clarity. When JaMarques finally declares his heart, Jordyn must decide if she's ready to risk hers.

A story about second chances, unspoken wounds, and the kind of love that's worth breaking every rule.