The Space Between UsAmara Bennett has always believed that love is a distraction. At twenty, her only priorities are her studies, her future, and proving that she can build a life on her own terms.Then Ethan Cole becomes her project partner.Ethan is the quiet golden boy everyone knows but nobody truly understands. He is intelligent, wealthy, and seemingly impossible to impress. Amara expects him to be arrogant, but behind his reserved personality is a thoughtful young man carrying pressures of his own.What begins as awkward study sessions slowly becomes friendship. Late-night conversations turn into inside jokes. Small acts of kindness become meaningful. And somewhere between shared notes, stolen glances, and moments neither of them talks about, Amara realizes she may be falling for the one person she promised herself she would never need.But Ethan has a complicated past, and someone from it is determined to return.As misunderstandings grow and another girl enters the picture, Amara must decide whether to protect her heart or trust the feelings she can no longer deny.Because sometimes love doesn't arrive like a storm.Sometimes it begins quietly—in the space between two people who were never supposed to fall in love.