Two best friends. Seven years of pining. One explosive summer...

Romance is weakness, and Jasmine Allen doesn't have time for either. Lifelong cynic Jas is the queen of one-night things-until a plumbing disaster screws everything up and leaves her temporarily homeless. Luckily, she has someone to turn to: her best friend Rahul.

For seven years, Rahul Khan has followed three simple rules.

• Don't touch Jasmine if you can help it.
• Don't look at her arse in that skirt.
• And don't ever-ever-tell her you love her.

He should've added another rule: Do not, under any circumstances, let Jas move into your house.

Now Rahul is living with the friend he can't have, and it's decimating his control. He knows their shared dinners aren't dates, their late-night kisses are a mistake, and the tenderness in Jasmine's gaze is only temporary. One wrong word could send his skittish best friend running.

So why is he tempted to risk it all?