The Backup Plan

Duff has always been the guy women run to after heartbreak. He's a pleasant distraction. A safe place to land before they move on. He tells himself he's fine with that. He has to be.

But Emmy was never supposed to be one of them.

When her marriage implodes and the life she thought she knew crumbles around her, Emmy has nowhere else to go. So she moves in with Duff-temporarily. Just until she gets back on her feet.

She tells herself she doesn't need anyone.

He tells himself he'll settle for being her friend.

Living under the same roof makes it harder to ignore the truth: the man she once misjudged is patient, steady, and everything she didn't know she needed.

And for Duff, sharing a home with the woman he's loved for years is equal parts heaven and torture-because for the first time, she's single... and finally within reach.