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āIāll take them!ā Thatās what I tell the social worker when my pre-k student and his baby brother need an emergency foster placement. Iāll do anything to keep the brothers from being split up. But my apartmentās flooded and thereās only one house I can take them to on such short noticeā¦his. Knox Daniels, my older brotherās best friend, offers his new place without hesitation. Heās not moving back to our tiny town until next monthāthatās when all our hotshot firefighters are returning for their one and only chance to rebuild our fathersā fallen, iconic crew. It doesnāt matter that Iāve been silently in love with Knox since we were kids. It canāt matter that we pretend that reckless prom night kiss never happened. It wonāt matter that my feelings for him could destroy his lifelong friendship with my brother and threaten the certification of their hotshot crew. Because Iāll be out of his house long before he gets back. Except Knox just walked inā¦a month early. And the icing on this awkward cake? Heās gorgeous as always and Iām covered in baby puke. He takes one look at the boys and tells me we can make this workā We can temporarily fake a relationship to keep them from being separated by the system. Suddenly, everything matters.