Always Been You

<p><strong>A decade of friendship.</strong><br><strong>A pact they never expected to matter.</strong><br><strong>A love that just won't stay hidden.</strong></p><p>Riley Morgan thought she had everything under control-until life handed her a promotion she's not sure she deserves a breakup she definitely didn't want and a family who keeps asking when she'll finally settle down. She's juggling stress with caffeine and stubborn optimism... and barely holding it together.</p><p>Then Ben Carter walks back into her life.</p><p>Ben has been Riley's best friend for ten years the one person who understands her better than anyone else. He's also the guy she once made a silly college pact with:<br><strong>If they're single at thirty they'll marry each other.</strong></p><p>It was only meant to be a joke.</p><p>But when Riley needs a date for a family event Ben steps in as her <em>fake boyfriend</em> and suddenly everything feels dangerously real. The easy laughter the lingering touches the quiet comfort of being with him-it all blurs the lines between friendship and something much deeper.</p><p>As secrets surface and old feelings spark to life Riley must confront the truth:<br>Maybe love wasn't missing from her life.<br>Maybe it was standing beside her all along.</p><p><strong>A heartfelt clean friends-to-lovers romance about second chances slow-burn chemistry and choosing the person who feels like home.</strong></p><p><strong>Perfect for readers who love:</strong></p><p>• clean & wholesome romance<br>• friends-to-lovers stories<br>• fake dating with real feelings<br>• slow-burn emotional love stories<br>• heartfelt feel-good contemporary romance</p>