Next to You

He’s spent years hiding from the world.


She's built a life in the spotlight she no longer knows how to survive.


Phlox Miller never expected success to cost her everything. As the brilliant CEO of a billion-dollar beauty brand, her face is everywhere—but after a devastating accident, she retreats to her quiet country home in Connecticut, determined to heal far from public view and figure out who she is now.


What she doesn’t expect is Jared Connor.


The estate’s new caretaker is private, guarded, and clearly carrying his own scars. He wants solitude, not connection—and certainly not someone whose life has been shaped by fame. But Phlox has never been good at turning away from what matters, and slowly, carefully, she begins to break through his defenses.


What grows between them is intimate and intense, built on shared silences, hard-won honesty, and the fragile hope that two broken people might find safety in each other.


But Jared is hiding a past Phlox knows nothing about.


And when the life he's been running from finally catches up with them, both must decide whether love is worth stepping back into the light—and whether some truths can survive being seen.


Next to You is an emotionally rich standalone love story about healing, trust, and the courage it takes to be truly seen. Sensual, deeply felt, and guaranteed to end happily.