Harem Lake

One rescue ignites a forbidden summer.

Steve Parker wants a clean break from a difficult year, not a temptation he cannot ignore. Summer on the lake should mean business with his oldest friend, time with his daughter, and a chance to breathe. Instead, a boating accident leaves him rescuing Brooke, his best friend’s adult daughter—and exposes a desire he has fought to keep buried.

At Brooke’s twenty-first birthday party, the sparks between them become impossible to hide. Steve knows that crossing this line could cost him a lifelong friendship and shatter the close-knit world around the lake. Brooke is equally certain that she is old enough to choose what she wants, even when his guilt and their age gap make every private moment feel dangerous.

As one reckless night turns into a secret neither can easily walk away from, Steve must decide whether restraint is worth losing the woman who has changed the rules—or whether their forbidden connection will pull others into the fallout. With flirtation, jealousy, and the charged attention of Brooke’s adult sisters, Birthday Bash is a steamy contemporary erotic drama about temptation, secrecy, and a summer that refuses to stay simple.

Book 1 in the Harem Lake series