It's Always Been You (Woods Lake, #1) / Woods Lake (ePub)

10 years ago, Jenna's life changed forever when she watched her brother Ricky die in a racing accident. No longer the outgoing party girl who spends her weekends racing the quarter-mile strip, she spends her days battling anxiety and tries just to get by. The nightmares still come, and the only person who has ever been able to save her from the nightmares in her dreams and the nightmares in her reality is Marco.

When she was 12, and he was 16, he was her brother's best friend. When Ricky died four-years later, Marco became her protector. Now 14 years later, they have been debating the should we or shouldn't we and have to decide if their friendship can survive the relationship they both crave.

Marco has loved Jenna since he was 16 and she was 12. When Ricky died, his mom had Jenna move into their house because she had nowhere else safe. Marco held her every night when the nightmares came for the next year. The friendship has always felt like it was destined to be more, but the timing was never right.

Can their 14-year friendship survive the relationship trial he requests? Will this week-long trial be what they need to make things work finally, or will they lose each other in the process?

Content Notes: book contains discussions and references to - anxiety/panic attacks; car accident; death (not a main character); military deployment; and past controlling/manipulative/abusive family relationships

Trope List: Best friend's sister, brother's best friend, friends to lovers, fake relationship, single dad