Stonebridge Series

The Small-Town Bad Boy Publisher's Summary

A Brother’s Best Friend Fake Dating Romance

He’s my brother’s best friend.

The one man I was never supposed to want.

Dax Mercer is everything Stonebridge warns you about—reckless, charming, and impossible to ignore.

He built his distillery from nothing, carries trouble like a reputation, and has always looked at me like I’m off-limits.

Until now.

When a scandal threatens to destroy his business—and the town’s biggest festival—he needs one thing to save his image: a steady, respectable girlfriend.

And somehow… he chooses me.

It’s supposed to be simple.

Fake dates. Public smiles. One convincing love story.

But nothing about Dax has ever been simple.

Not the way his hand lingers at my waist.

Not the way he looks at me when no one else is watching.

Not the way our “pretend” starts to feel dangerously real.

Because behind the reputation is a man who would burn everything down to protect what’s his.

And the closer we get, the harder it is to remember this was never supposed to be real.

If we cross the line, we risk everything—my brother’s trust, his future, and the one relationship neither of us can’t afford to lose.

But some lines were made to be broken.

And some love stories were never meant to stay fake.

©2026 Delaney Shea (P)2026 Delaney Shea