Ava Cole has spent years keeping her head down and her heart locked up. Rising through the ranks at her dream company is her number one goal-and getting tangled up with Noah Grant, her boss's best friend, is the kind of complication she can't afford. Noah is charming, frustrating, and dangerously off-limits. No matter how intense their connection, Ava knows better than to blur the lines between ambition and desire.

Noah Grant has rules. Loyalty to his best friend tops the list. But the more time he spends around Ava-the woman who challenges him, makes him laugh, and drives him absolutely wild-the harder it gets to remember why he's supposed to keep his distance. One stolen moment turns into a fire neither of them can deny, and suddenly hiding how they feel isn't just difficult... it's impossible.

With a major promotion hanging in the balance and the whole office watching, Ava and Noah must decide if taking a chance on love is worth risking everything they've built.

Can they protect their dreams without losing each other-or will the cost of crossing the line be too high?