Always Been Yours | Knox Creek | Book One

When a life changing travel request offering the biggest payout of your career comes through, only to realize you're *technically* not qualified to accept it because you're not mated, well, what's a guy to do?

Eli doesn’t have an alpha. Well, not exactly. Not in the way that counts. Not the way this job is requiring. Because, of course this job requires both Eli and his alpha to review this resort. Too bad the company didn't read the fine print: Eli is very much single. Eli has loved his best friend, Lachlan, since they were children. But that’s his secret. He would rather keep his alpha strictly in best friend territory rather than risk losing him by admitting his feelings. That doesn’t keep Eli from spending every free moment with him. As a travel blogger, Eli always invites Lach to tag along, and Lach always goes. But he can’t invite him to pretend to be his mate just for a job. Can he?

Lachlan has been head over heels for Eli, his beautiful omega best friend, his entire life. He wishes for nothing more than to mark and claim him as his. But that’s a wish he can’t afford to risk dreaming of if he plans to remain rooted by Eli’s side.

Lachlan may keep his desire under wraps from fear of scaring Eli away. But that doesn’t stop him from doing everything he can to keep the omega happy, safe, and close. Convincing himself he can keep his emotions hidden, Lach offers to spend a romantic week with Eli as his fake-mate for this latest review.
But what happens when a violent storm washes out the bridge, the only way in or out of the secluded area they are spending their week? Stranded in their romantic treehouse with a surprise heat looming, will the two best friends finally admit their love for one another or will their attempt to fight their instincts break apart their 20 year friendship, bringing their worse fears crashing down around them?