One dare changed everything.On her twenty-first birthday, Aria Hart is forced into an impossible choice: kiss a complete stranger or lose a humiliating dare in front of all her friends.Certain she’ll never see him again, she chooses the kiss.One reckless moment.One unforgettable stranger.One heartbeat that refuses to settle afterward.The next morning, Aria discovers that fate has a cruel sense of humor.The mysterious man she kissed is standing in her living room.Lucas Reed.The orphan her future stepmother helped raise.The man who is about to stay in her house for the next few months.As attraction grows into something deeper, Aria and Lucas must navigate family expectations, painful secrets, and a connection neither of them expected.But some kisses are impossible to forget.And some dares change your life forever.

In a world where reputation is everything, a duke and a dressmaker have no right to fall in love. But some hearts refuse to obey society’s rules. As whispers of scandal spread through London, they must decide whether love is worth risking everything.