After thirteen years apart, Ivy Monroe and Rowan Blake-former step-siblings estranged since their parents' bitter divorce-are unexpectedly reunited at a lakeside cabin they've inherited. To claim it, they must spend the summer renovating the home that once made them a family... and nearly made them something more.

The cabin hasn't changed, but they have. Ivy is now a poised Chicago professional clinging to order. Rowan, a grounded, unfiltered man of the woods, still burns with the quiet intensity that once drew her in. As old feelings resurface, so does the dangerous question they never dared to answer: What if the bond they shared wasn't wrong, just untimely?

With each nail hammered and memory uncovered, their past intertwines with a present that's impossible to ignore. But the world sees their love as forbidden. And Ivy must decide: protect her reputation-or claim the one person who's always felt like home.

When the Line Blurs is a slow-burn, emotionally rich novella about second chances, fearless love, and breaking free from the roles others write for us.