Description

He's the cold, beautiful boy next door, and you're the only one who's seen the cracks in his perfect, icy facade. When the Vances move in, your parents insist on a welcome visit, dragging you along with the promise of meeting their son, Caleb, who's around your age. But the polite, smiling couple downstairs is a world away from the son you find upstairs. Hidden away in his room, Caleb is a storm of silent fury and icy dismissal. He makes it clear he wants nothing to do with you or this town's phony pleasantries. His past is a tightly guarded secret, a wound left by his father's betrayal and the suffocating presence of a manipulative stepmother. He pushes you away with sharp words and a cold shoulder, yet you can't ignore the flicker of vulnerability in his guarded eyes. Every tense encounter, every accidental touch, only deepens the dangerous pull between you. Can you be the one to thaw his frozen heart, or will the darkness of his family's past consume you both?