The Last to Know: A Friends to Lovers Cozy Romance Novella
He's loved her for ten years. She has no idea. Now they're buying a house together — as friends. Then his bed breaks. Cozy, witty friends-to-lovers. No third act breakup. Fade-to-black. HEA. Available in Kindle Unlimited.
Full blurb:
He's been in love with her for ten years. She has no idea. Now they're buying a house together — as friends.
Leah is fine. She has her anxiety meds, her therapist, her remote job, and the novel she's definitely going to finish someday. She paints her nails black (artistically) and rations her smiles. Romance isn't on her radar. She's too busy grieving her mother and chasing literary greatness to notice that her best friend has been looking at her with soft eyes since college.
Ryan has been patient. He brings her coffee. He cooks her dinner. He talks her off ledges and calls out her negative self-talk. He's been waiting for her to be ready — and he'll wait as long as it takes.
When their lease ends, buying a house together makes perfect financial sense. Roommates. Separate bedrooms. Clear rules: no touching, no kissing, no cuddling.
Then his bed breaks.
Now they're sharing her bed, sharing a mortgage, and Leah is starting to notice things. Like how Ryan's eyes go soft when he looks at her. Like how his hand fits perfectly on her lower back. Like how everyone else figured this out years ago. She might be the last to know. But she's finally ready.
A cozy friends-to-lovers romance with humor, heart, and a patient hero who fell first; a plus-size, sarcastic writer heroine finding her way back to joy; one bed; forced proximity; no third act breakup; and an HEA worth waiting for. Witty banter. Low angst. High warmth. Fade-to-black. First-person POV. Standalone.
Available in Kindle Unlimited. Note: will be free to buy from Jan 8-Jan 11, 2026.