I’m a lawless bad boy with a dark secret.

My heart belongs to a girl I can never have.

She’s beautiful and perfect.

A cop’s daughter.

Pageant princess.

On top of it all, she’s my best friend.

I wish I were worthy of someone like her, but the real reason I can’t have her goes beyond all that.

She’s my sister.

Step if you want to get technical.

Loving her like I do is wrong.

If anyone finds out, it’s a scandal my family won’t survive.

I’m known in this town for breaking all the rules…

But if I break this one, I’ll break everything.

Our family. Myself. Her.

That’s one thing I could never forgive myself for—something I refuse to do.

My heart, though, has plans of its own.

***The characters in this story are step-siblings of no blood relation and are both eighteen years old.***