Aria Park can survive her cousin’s wedding—until her relatives start “helping” her love life in public. One panicked sentence later, she’s accidentally claimed she has a boyfriend. Enter Noah Lin: her childhood best friend, recently back in town, steady as gravity and far too willing to play along. For one weekend, he’ll be her borrowed boyfriend—charming at dinners, convincing in front of family, and infuriatingly attentive when no one’s watching. The performance should be simple. The problem is Noah doesn’t look at her like it’s pretend. A sweet, slow-burn romance about fake dating, real devotion, and the moment you stop calling want a mistake.

I was never his first choice. When Ava discovered she was the Alpha's mate, she thought her lonely life as a rogue was finally over. But Ethan Blackwood, the ruthless Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack, only saw her as a shadow of his true love—the fated mate who died three years ago. "You'll never be her," he whispered, his cold eyes burning through my soul. For six months, I stayed. I endured his cruelty, his comparisons, his late-night visits when he pretended I was someone else. Until the night I found out I was pregnant—and he told me to get rid of it. "I don't want your pup, Ava. I don't want YOU." That was the moment I broke. I ran. I disappeared. And I vowed to never look back. But now, two years later, the Alpha who destroyed me is standing at my door, begging for forgiveness. His pack is in chaos. His enemies are circling. And he's discovered the truth—that the woman he loved was never his true mate at all. I was. He wants a second chance. He wants his family back. He wants ME. Too bad I'm no longer the desperate rogue who loved him. I'm the Luna who learned to live without him. And this time? The choice is mine.