How do you keep the truth from the one who holds your heart?Payne Emerson is my best friend. The boy I grew up with and the keeper of all my secrets. Well, all except the biggest one.The fact that I’m in love with him.My mother’s sin cost me the only family member who ever loved me. When I lost him, I lost part of myself, and Payne was my lodestone, my light home. He’s the only one who truly sees me... moreHow do you keep the truth from the one who holds your heart?Payne Emerson is my best friend. The boy I grew up with and the keeper of all my secrets. Well, all except the biggest one.The fact that I’m in love with him.My mother’s sin cost me the only family member who ever loved me. When I lost him, I lost part of myself, and Payne was my lodestone, my light home. He’s the only one who truly sees me. As the dark dealings that run through Folkestone’s history come to light, I can’t take the risk of telling him how I really feel and losing him now.Instead, I’ll keep pretending we’re just friends, denying my truth until the fire burns itself out.Or until it burns me alive.♥This is a best friends to lovers, angsty, mature new adult romantic suspense. It contains situations and flashbacks that may trigger some readers, including drug use, mental health issues, foul language, and scenes of a sexual nature. less