The Off Season

By T.D. Colbert

All I needed was a job to cover books and rent. A room-a bed, even-to lay my head at night. Just one more year, and I'd have the degree. The first in my family. A way out of survival mode.

Meade Lake was supposed to be simple. A job at the resort. A paycheck. A roof over my head.

Then I felt his eyes on me.

The grounds director. Broody, unreadable, living in the huge cabin next door. He's everywhere-warning me about wildlife, walking me home, saving my life more than once, whether I ask him to or not.

I tell myself it's nothing.

It's not until the end of summer, when everyone else leaves, that I stop telling myself anything at all. Suddenly, I'm spending more nights in his bed than my own. A summer of stolen glances has turned into an autumn of secret, passionate nights with a man who was never supposed to be mine.

But some secrets can't stay buried.

When the truth comes out and the wrong people find us, the fantasy we've been living unravels fast. His past collides with my future, and the life we imagined together suddenly feels impossible.

Now we're both facing a new reality that could cost us everything-including each other.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMP8GJTH
• ISBN13: 9798161687093
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"