You Were Supposed to Be a Bad Idea

Sleeping with your best friend’s older brother is a terrible idea. Falling in love with him is considerably worse.

Owen Archer has a good life. He’s twenty-nine, owns his home, loves teaching high school English, and has absolutely no intention of rearranging his future for another man.

Especially not Justin Hayes.

Justin is thirty-three, ridiculously attractive, a successful commercial real estate attorney, and the older brother of Owen’s best friend of fifteen years.

He’s also supposed to be off-limits.

Unfortunately, nobody mentioned that during Daniel’s birthday party.

One unexpected kiss leads to one spectacularly questionable night. Owen and Justin agree that whatever happened was casual, uncomplicated, and absolutely none of Daniel’s business.

Perfectly reasonable.

Except one night becomes another.

Then there are dinners. Sleepovers. Spare toothbrushes. Familiar routines. And the increasingly inconvenient realization that they genuinely like spending time together.

Owen isn’t interested in losing the independence he’s worked so hard to build. Justin is perfectly comfortable managing complicated legal agreements but considerably less prepared to negotiate his own feelings.

And Daniel?

Daniel is not an idiot.

As their supposedly casual arrangement becomes something neither man wants to lose, Owen and Justin must decide whether protecting their comfortable lives is worth risking the best relationship neither of them intended to have.

Because sometimes the worst idea turns out to be exactly the right one.

You Were Supposed to Be a Bad Idea is a witty, steamy contemporary M/M romance featuring mature protagonists, a best friend’s older brother, secret dating, sharp banter, undeniable chemistry, complicated family connections, and two independent men discovering that love doesn’t have to mean giving up the lives they’ve built.

A Between Us novel with a complete romantic storyline and a satisfying happily-ever-after.