Red, White & Beau

Coming March 17, 2026 to Kindle Unlimited

Sarah

I built a life that doesn’t require any risks, always staying within the bounds of what I know because it’s something comfortable, something that doesn’t ask me to be brave in ways I’m not sure I can be.

After being laughed at and passed over, I decided I’d rather have solitude than pity. I don’t think my heart or my pride could survive another moment of being someone’s mistake. But when Kyle Kim walked into my lecture hall, safety suddenly felt small.

He listens when I speak, challenges me, and looks at me like I’m not invisible but inevitable.

He says he doesn’t play games.

He says he wants honesty.

He says he wants me.

What he doesn’t know is that wanting me means stepping into the spaces I’ve locked away from the world—the inexperience, the fear, the ache of never being chosen. For the first time, stepping forward feels more dangerous than staying still… and yet, somehow, I can’t seem to step back.

Kyle

I’ve learned the hard way that integrity comes with a price. I walked away from power once, from the spotlight, from a mentor who made ethics optional. Rebuilding from that meant starting over quietly and carefully.

Then I met Sarah Lancaster.

She’s everything I used to fight for but lost faith in: brilliance without pretense, conviction without ego. Standing beside her makes me want to be transparent in a way politics never allowed. But loving her means revealing everything I’ve tried to bury of the scandal, the headlines, the doubt—it means showing her everything I’ve strove to hide.

She thinks she’s the one taking the risk.

The truth is, I am as well.

Because if I lose her, all the integrity in the world won’t matter.

And this time, I’m not walking away.

After years of putting love on the back burner, Sarah Lancaster isn't looking for complications, especially not Kyle Kim, a charming ex-political operative who swears he's done chasing power. But as sparks fly in their small college town, she'll have to decide if risking her heart is worth believing in something real.