When a charming king crab fisherman agrees to keep things purely platonic with the witty woman now crashing in his spare bedroom, he figures it'll be easy—until she's walking around in towels and asking him to help her flirt with someone else. Fox has a reputation as Westport's resident ladies' man, but he never expected to fall head over heels for his best friend, and now he's tortured watching her chase after a coworker while his feelings threaten to ruin everything. As the line between friendship and flirtation blurs in all the best ways, Fox realizes he needs to prove to Hannah that he's genuinely all in—that she's not just another conquest, but the one he wants for good. It's a deliciously fun, swoon-worthy ride watching a reformed player discover that his best friend was his person all along.

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Capture the tension of unspoken desire and small-town charm—sultry indie-pop, smoldering R&B, and tender acoustic moments. Build from slow-burn longing to passionate intensity. Think magnetic chemistry, late-night vulnerability, and the ache of wanting what you can't have.