Just Pretend

By Basak Yilmaz

Luna Parker knows two things.

Survival and silence.

After killing her abusive stepfather in self defense, seventeen year old Luna is ripped away from everything she knows and forced to move to a quiet beach town to live with the older brother she still hasn't forgiven. With a court case hanging over her head, therapy she doesn't want, and a reputation that could destroy her before graduation, the last thing she needs is attention.

Too bad Kai Miller won't stop looking at her.

Captain of the hockey team. Covered in tattoos. Beautiful in the kind of way that feels dangerous. Kai is arrogant, reckless, and impossible to avoid. Everyone loves him. Luna can't stand him.

Especially after she catches him hiding secrets of his own.

When rumors about Luna's past start spreading through school and threatening the fragile life she's trying to rebuild, Kai offers her a solution neither of them actually want. Fake date him. Convince everyone she's untouchable. Keep the attention away from both of them.

Simple.

Except nothing about Kai Miller is simple.

Not the emptiness hiding behind his green eyes.
Not the way he gets under her skin.
Not the way their hate starts feeling dangerously close to something else.

Because the more Luna tries to push him away, the more Kai seems to understand the darkest parts of her anyway.

And when secrets begin surfacing, Luna realizes the boy she swore she hated might be the only person capable of destroying her completely.

Or saving her from herself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H2PBL6DF
• ISBN13: 9798197534835
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 1.0" x 5.0"