When Kyle Chambers goes home with his roommate for a family-style Thanksgiving meal, he never expects that lust will be on the menu. Serving up fuel for his obsession: his best friend's mother.

Kate Ellis has a pattern: dating the worst men. When she pushes the most recent Mr. Wrong out of her life and home, she has space to invite her son's roommate to crash for the summer. Kyle is sweet, respectful, and while he works a local internship, he will be the simple, uncomplicated company Kate needs.

Over a steamy hot summer, Kate and Kyle share dips in the pool, glasses of wine, and meals that feel altogether too charged. Is the attraction that simmers just below the surface as one-sided as Kyle thinks? When he dares to push the issue, he finds Kate more than willing to succumb to his seduction.