Stealing Runner's Heart

From her earliest memory, Charlotte Rose has loved Runner Jeffries. He taught her how to read, how to throw a ball, how to believe she could be anything. He was her protector, her constant, her best friend-and the boy she quietly planned forever with.

When Runner left their Colorado mountain town and became a baseball star, their bond endured. Now he's coming home. Charlotte has grown into a confident woman with a polished career and a life of her own. She's tired of pretending she wants anything less than for Runner to finally see her for who she is now.

Runner Jeffries has loved Charlotte Rose for as long as he can remember. But always as his Firefly, his kid sister, the one person he never questioned. Until the moment he realizes she's no longer a little girl. When Runner arrives home with a fianc e in tow, Charlotte's lifelong dream unravels, forcing her to face a future she never imagined: one without him.

Determined to stop waiting for a love that may never come, Charlotte sets out to claim a life of her own. But some hearts don't give up easily, and some loves refuse to stay buried. As old feelings resurface and long-held boundaries blur, Charlotte and Runner must decide whether risking everything they've always been is worth the chance to finally become what she's always wanted, and what he's only just begun to see.

A tender, deeply emotional friends-to-lovers romance about timing, devotion, and the courage to reach for forever.