Cole Fenwick is my best friend, my neighbor, and my guilty pleasure.

I should know better than to catch feelings for a friend, but with his chocolate eyes and hair that looks soft to the touch, resisting is impossible. Maybe I could ignore my feelings if we weren’t tangled up in a secret matchmaking society disguised as a book club — if I didn’t spend my evenings reading to him while he drinks in every word like it’s forbidden.

Then, I set my kitchen on fire.

Cole is there before I can blink, calm, steady, taking care of me like it’s second nature. And since I live on his property, he decides I’m now his problem. His solution? Mandatory cooking lessons. Simple. Harmless. Except now, every lesson, lingering touch, and slow smile is blurring the lines between friendship and something more.

To protect myself, I do the only logical thing: I agree to help him match with someone else. If he never knows he holds my heart, he can’t break it.

But in a town where matchmaking is practically a competitive sport, secrets never stay hidden for long.

And the thing about playing with matches? Someone always gets burned…