A chance encounter between Reed and Halley leads to an instant, heart-stopping connection. But when the truth about their age difference comes to light, along with the fact that Reed is Halley’s best friend’s dad, it becomes clear their stars are crossed. Before he discovered my age, he uncovered my heart. Bruised and abused, and victim to a loveless household, I shimmered with new life the moment he found me drowning my sorrows in a lake beneath the stars. A chance encounter. An unspoken connection. I was smitten; he was curious. But, as everyone knew, fate could be decidedly cruel. He called me Halley, like the comet. I called him Reed. And my best friend? Well…she called him Dad.
