Fighting Together

Some people are born to fit in. Others were never meant to try.

Ryan
I am not from Fellside, and no one lets me forget it. I ride a motorbike, run a tattoo studio, and look like the sort of man mothers warn their daughters about. That suits me just fine. Jane, on the other hand, is everything this village approves of. Polished. Proper. Involved in the WI and allergic to my existence. Winding her up is a hobby until one New Year’s kiss turns our careful dislike into something neither of us can ignore. When life knocks her sideways, I discover that being the rebel outsider does not mean I cannot be the man who stays.

Jane
I like order. Manners. Respectability. I know where I belong in Fellside, and it certainly is not anywhere near the tattooed biker next door. Ryan is loud, infuriating, and far too tempting for his own good. He does not fit my world, and I have spent years making sure my world stays neat and predictable. Then grief cracks it wide open, and Ryan is the one person who does not try to fix me or hurry me along. He simply stands with me, unapologetic and steady, until I start to see him, and myself, differently.

An enemies to lovers romance about first impressions, hidden depths, and discovering that sometimes the person who least belongs is exactly who you need.