Forbidden Christmas
READING AGE 18+
Three years ago, Maya felt something she shouldn't have for Derek Hayes. He's her best friend's father. Eighteen years older. Completely forbidden.She's avoided him ever since.But when Sophie invites Maya to spend Christmas at Derek's Colorado estate, two weeks of forced proximity ignite everything they've both been fighting. Secret glances become stolen kisses. Innocent touches turn into something neither can resist.They tell themselves they'll end it before Sophie finds out. But some loves refuse to stay hidden.When their secret is exposed, Derek loses his daughter. Maya loses her best friend. And both face an impossible question: is love worth the destruction it causes?A forbidden Christmas romance about the space between right and wrong, where the heart wants what it shouldn't have and family is both the greatest gift and the highest cost.
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Maya's Pov
The workshop was warm, lit by soft lights Derek had strung up. A space heater hummed in the corner. He'd laid out blankets on the floor near his workbench, pillows stacked against the wall.
He'd planned this. Prepared for it.
"Hey," Derek said when I walked in. He was still in his ……
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