Ava thought moving into a new house would be the hardest part of her mother's remarriage. She was wrong. The hardest part is Noah. Her new stepbrother is everything she should stay away from—quiet, guarded, infuriatingly attractive, and carrying secrets of his own. Living under the same roof was supposed to be simple: be polite, keep their distance, and survive the awkwardness of becoming a family. Instead, every shared glance lasts too long. Every late-night conversation reveals another piece of the person they're trying not to care about. And every day makes it harder to ignore the feelings growing between them. So they make one rule. Never tell anyone. Not their parents. Not their friends. Not even each other. But some feelings refuse to stay hidden. As guilt, longing, and impossible choices begin to tear them apart, Ava and Noah must decide whether protecting the people they love is worth sacrificing the one thing they can't seem to let go. Because pretending not to feel something is easy. Until it becomes the biggest lie you've ever told. **Pretend We Don't Feel It** is a heart-wrenching young adult romance filled with forbidden love, emotional tension, slow-burn chemistry, and all the angst of two hearts fighting a connection they were never supposed to have.

A wealthy heiress and a working-class scholar begin as academic rivals but are forced to work together on a history project. As they uncover a secret society controlling their town through corruption and hidden rituals, their rivalry evolves into trust, then love. Together, they must decide whether exposing the truth is worth destroying their families and risking their lives.