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The sassy, easy going, charismatic one.
They don’t see how I’ve chased belonging in a world that I never felt like I fit into. Looking for my place, I’ve lived all over the world. But I’ve ended up right back in my hometown. Everyone is happy for my return except for my best friend’s brother, Lee Thomas.
I have unintentionally done one thing successfully my whole life—prove that I’m better than Lee Thomas… at just about everything.
And Lee has made sure I know just how much it grates on him along the way.
When his father announces that he’s retiring, it’s no secret Lee despises the fact he and I are both hoping to fill the veterinarian position at his family’s clinic.
What started as a rivalry from our childhood has manifested into something much worse after one reckless night erases the lines that were meant to stay in place.
Working side by side and competing for the same promotion is all the more difficult when you have to pretend that one night didn’t change everything.
It really isn’t my fault Lee is spiraling. Somehow it is only me who sees he’s struggling with more than becoming the vet he hoped he’d be.
When our town’s beloved pet adoption drive is suddenly at risk, we’re forced to work together to save it. In the process, we must confront the truths both of us are hiding behind.
I don't need to prove I'm better than him because winning was never the hard part.
Now that I've seen the man underneath the competition, I'm not sure victory is worth the cost of losing him.","spice","series_order","editions_count",1,"contributors",[],[96],"Fierce Harmony","edition_id","f1367eec-3270-4b0f-9024-50c0b7fd30bf",{"_15":30,"_28":29,"_95":32},"year",2026,"first_published","Feb 2026","likes_count","collections_count","689-fierce-harmony","format",{"_28":90,"_27":91,"_92":93,"_94":48},"page_count",234,"duration","published_date","February 14, 2026","isbn","asin","B0FY7HBQCD","hex_code","language","English","cover","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/686i/f1367eec-3270-4b0f-9024-50c0b7fd30bf.jpg",3,"Kindle","type","print","audio","order",{"_28":45,"_27":41,"_43":44,"_42":-5,"_51":-5,"_31":52,"_97":98},"roles",[99],"author","c6c7b4d2-dccb-41d6-90d8-d4a34b260114","They call me the sensitive Thomas twin. The plant-obsessed, sentimental, too-much one.

I don’t let it get to me because my mom taught me to love myself and to nurture the things around me.

I haven’t quite processed her passing, not in the way everyone wants me to. I have my plants, my siblings, and the quiet rituals that keep me moving forward. And I also have him, my best friend, Bryce Hampton.

Family having your back is a given. Finding a best friend that has your back is a rare gift. One I’m grateful for.

But my best friend, he’s nothing like me. He’s an ambitious neat-freak and perfectly on-track to make partner at his law firm if he plays the part right. Fiancée included—except he doesn’t have one of those.

That’s where I come in.

He has this wild idea that we should fake an engagement.

One photo. One ring. One passionate kiss that doesn’t feel like pretend…

I’m willing to go along with his idea because he thinks people like him don’t get to have it all. I think I want to be the reason he’s wrong.

The only problem is I didn’t expect it to feel this real.

Now, I don’t know if he’s falling for me or the perfect version of us that we created to impress everyone else.",[],[115],"Perfect Harmony","ba0bdf4b-d2c2-4e52-b758-e76c0b2bcdbf",{"_15":30,"_28":29,"_95":60},2025,"Nov 2025","687-perfect-harmony",{"_28":90,"_27":91,"_92":93,"_94":48},274,"November 20, 2025","B0FP3PWS9Q","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/books/684i/ba0bdf4b-d2c2-4e52-b758-e76c0b2bcdbf.jpg",{"_28":45,"_27":41,"_43":44,"_42":-5,"_51":-5,"_31":52,"_97":116},[99],"isLoggedIn",["P",118],"result",{"_15":127,"_17":128,"_13":129,"_130":131,"_19":20,"_132":133,"_21":134},"user","themePreference","light","storedTheme","gaId","G-Z1HVZ17GZ3","Blackauthored","%s","Find your next Black authored read and connect with readers with the similar taste.","handle","@blackauthored","robots",{"_152":48,"_153":48},{"_23":24,"_25":135,"_27":127,"_136":137,"_138":139,"_19":20,"_140":141},"Organization","logo","https://cdn.blackauthored.com/images/og-image.png","sameAs",[147,148,149,150,151],"potentialAction",{"_25":142,"_143":144,"_145":146},"SearchAction","target","https://blackauthored.com/series/2b7a364d-e8a4-4f1c-b36d-d7acc814bbbbsearch?q={search_term}","query","required name='search_term'","https://twitter.com/blackauthored","https://facebook.com/blackauthored","https://instagram.com/blackauthored","https://youtube.com/blackauthored","https://tiktok.com/@blackauthored","noIndex","noFollow"]