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Only You
VAUGHN
Everyone in my life thinks of me as the guy who’s always having fun, the compulsive dater who doesn’t want to settle down. What they don’t know is I can’t fall for another man because I’ve been secretly in love with my childhood best friend for most of my life.
I’ve kept my feelings locked up, because his friendship is better than nothing. When I get a surprise call that he’s getting a divorce and he needs me, I do the only thing possible—jump on a plane to meet him for time away.
In a cabin. With only one bed.
Where I find out my straight best friend isn’t really straight. From the moment he kisses me, I know two things: Being with Dean is even better than I thought possible and I’m going to get my heart broken.
Dean has been the only one for me my whole life, but the way he’s been looking at me…the way he touches me…makes me hope that it’s always been me for Dean too.
*This is a free read on Riley Hart's website
Everyone in my life thinks of me as the guy who’s always having fun, the compulsive dater who doesn’t want to settle down. What they don’t know is I can’t fall for another man because I’ve been secretly in love with my childhood best friend for most of my life.
I’ve kept my feelings locked up, because his friendship is better than nothing. When I get a surprise call that he’s getting a divorce and he needs me, I do the only thing possible—jump on a plane to meet him for time away.
In a cabin. With only one bed.
Where I find out my straight best friend isn’t really straight. From the moment he kisses me, I know two things: Being with Dean is even better than I thought possible and I’m going to get my heart broken.
Dean has been the only one for me my whole life, but the way he’s been looking at me…the way he touches me…makes me hope that it’s always been me for Dean too.
*This is a free read on Riley Hart's website
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First published January 1, 2023
About the author
Riley Hart
125 books7,556 followersRiley Hart is the girl who wears her heart on her sleeve. She's a hopeless romantic. A lover of sexy stories, passionate men, and writing about all the trouble they can get into together. If she's not writing, you'll probably find her reading.
Riley lives in California with her awesome family, who she is thankful for everyday.
Riley lives in California with her awesome family, who she is thankful for everyday.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
December 31, 2024
3.5⭐️
Vaughn + Dean 🖤
Friends to lovers | Bi-awakening | First times | One bed
This was pretty cute and fun novella.
The ending could have been more satisfying.
Once again we have a man who has his bi-awakening but doesn't even get his ass played with at all. BOH-RING
....
"How could I ever love anyone else when I spent my whole life living you?"
"He tasted like home and forever and everything all set once."
"Our gazes snagged and I saw it there, how much he loved me, that part of his truth he kept hidden for our whole lives was right there, naked and in display for me. The power of it nearly some my breath. How had I missed it all of these years? How had I never seen what was right in front of me?"
....
⚠️ potentional spoilers in detailed tropes and trigger warnings listed below
Tropes:
Best friends to lovers
Childhood friends
36 year old MCs
Bi-awakening
Pining
One bed
Cabin
TWs:
Dean is still married but separated when he starts a relationship with Vaughn
Vaughn + Dean 🖤
Friends to lovers | Bi-awakening | First times | One bed
This was pretty cute and fun novella.
The ending could have been more satisfying.
Once again we have a man who has his bi-awakening but doesn't even get his ass played with at all. BOH-RING
....
"How could I ever love anyone else when I spent my whole life living you?"
"He tasted like home and forever and everything all set once."
"Our gazes snagged and I saw it there, how much he loved me, that part of his truth he kept hidden for our whole lives was right there, naked and in display for me. The power of it nearly some my breath. How had I missed it all of these years? How had I never seen what was right in front of me?"
....
⚠️ potentional spoilers in detailed tropes and trigger warnings listed below
Tropes:
Best friends to lovers
Childhood friends
36 year old MCs
Bi-awakening
Pining
One bed
Cabin
TWs:
Dean is still married but separated when he starts a relationship with Vaughn
May 24, 2024
Very sweet! A great, short book that is free on the authors website. I love friends to lovers!!!
This was a perfect length, the beginning shows Dean and Vaughn as teenagers and then 18 years later. There was no big blowout where they weren’t friends anymore.
The relationship was believable and felt like it was meant to be. Because this is a novella the epilogue fit well and I was very satisfied.
This was a perfect length, the beginning shows Dean and Vaughn as teenagers and then 18 years later. There was no big blowout where they weren’t friends anymore.
The relationship was believable and felt like it was meant to be. Because this is a novella the epilogue fit well and I was very satisfied.
August 11, 2025
This is one of those "Friends for years, one straight and the other gay and secretly in love with his friend" and I love 'um, they always make me squishy and sad but I lap them up every time. This one, although short, is wonderful, it's touchingly written and sooo makes you route for the perfect ending.
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October 19, 2024Apparently I'm in a best friends to lovers bi-awakening mood. If you're looking for something short, sweet, spicy, and a true standalone definitely read this. Now I'm gonna go read the whole Vers Podcast series.
May 20, 2024
Cute, sweet, hot, sexy Novella. I wish it had been longer. I love reading, Riley Hart books.
March 2, 2025
4☆
🅢🅟🅘🅒🅔:🌶🌶🌶
🅛🅐🅤🅖🅗🅢:🤣🤣
🅣🅔🅐🅡🅢:🥲
🅜🅒🅢: Vaughn, Dean
🅟🅞🅥: 1st Dual
🅣🅡🅞🅟🅔🅢: Second Chance, Friends to lovers, Only One Bed.
🅢🅟🅘🅒🅔:🌶🌶🌶
🅛🅐🅤🅖🅗🅢:🤣🤣
🅣🅔🅐🅡🅢:🥲
🅜🅒🅢: Vaughn, Dean
🅟🅞🅥: 1st Dual
🅣🅡🅞🅟🅔🅢: Second Chance, Friends to lovers, Only One Bed.
May 29, 2024
Vaughn & Dean
Rating: 3.5⭐
- Best Friends-to-Lovers
- One Bed
- Vacation Romance
- Pining
This is a short, sweet, and spicy read about best friends becoming lovers. Vaughn has known that he was in love with his best friend since they were teenagers but his friend is straight. When Dean unexpectedly gets a girl pregnant when they are eighteen, everything changes. All of their plans to stay in town together and go to the same college are thrown out the window because now Dean was going to marry the girl, move across the country, and be the dad he wished his was for him.
Nineteen years later, Dean's son is getting ready to go off to college and he's getting a mutual divorce from his wife. He never loved her and she wants to have love in her life. Dean calls on Vaughn to go on a trip with him and help him clear his head and just get away for a bit. While on the trip, Dean starts to realize his true feelings for Vaughn and feels foolish for how he missed it all this time. Vaughn is scared that Dean's new behavior towards him is only temporary since Dean is trying to figure himself out while getting divorced. They spend the rest of the week exploring each other and trying to figure out how the other truly felt about their new situation.
Verse: No
HEA: Yes
POV: Dual
Breakup: No
Cheating: No, Dean was already in the process of getting divorced
Ages: 36 & 36
Rating: 3.5⭐
- Best Friends-to-Lovers
- One Bed
- Vacation Romance
- Pining
This is a short, sweet, and spicy read about best friends becoming lovers. Vaughn has known that he was in love with his best friend since they were teenagers but his friend is straight. When Dean unexpectedly gets a girl pregnant when they are eighteen, everything changes. All of their plans to stay in town together and go to the same college are thrown out the window because now Dean was going to marry the girl, move across the country, and be the dad he wished his was for him.
Nineteen years later, Dean's son is getting ready to go off to college and he's getting a mutual divorce from his wife. He never loved her and she wants to have love in her life. Dean calls on Vaughn to go on a trip with him and help him clear his head and just get away for a bit. While on the trip, Dean starts to realize his true feelings for Vaughn and feels foolish for how he missed it all this time. Vaughn is scared that Dean's new behavior towards him is only temporary since Dean is trying to figure himself out while getting divorced. They spend the rest of the week exploring each other and trying to figure out how the other truly felt about their new situation.
Verse: No
HEA: Yes
POV: Dual
Breakup: No
Cheating: No, Dean was already in the process of getting divorced
Ages: 36 & 36
May 20, 2024
Vaughn and Dean
— friends to lovers
— one bed
— pining
Vaughn and Dean were best friends in high school. However, when Dean gets a girl pregnant at the end of their senior year, he wants to do the right thing and marries her and goes with her to college on the other side of the country.
They grow apart slightly in the next 18 years, but when Dean tells Vaughn he’s getting a divorce Vaughn quickly agrees to a trip with Dean to a cabin to get away.
I felt so bad for Vaughn having to bury his feelings for Dean for so long, but I loved seeing Dean figure out his feelings for Vaughn. This was a very quick novella with spice, dirty talk, humor, and banter. Definitely recommend if you’re looking for a quick read!
— friends to lovers
— one bed
— pining
Vaughn and Dean were best friends in high school. However, when Dean gets a girl pregnant at the end of their senior year, he wants to do the right thing and marries her and goes with her to college on the other side of the country.
They grow apart slightly in the next 18 years, but when Dean tells Vaughn he’s getting a divorce Vaughn quickly agrees to a trip with Dean to a cabin to get away.
I felt so bad for Vaughn having to bury his feelings for Dean for so long, but I loved seeing Dean figure out his feelings for Vaughn. This was a very quick novella with spice, dirty talk, humor, and banter. Definitely recommend if you’re looking for a quick read!
September 1, 2025
I meant to read this way back when I read The Vers Podcast series but never got around to it. Well, I finally did and I really enjoyed it! It’s a quick read but I was still invested in Dean and Vaughn getting their HEA.
They’d been best friends since they were kids and Vaughn’s been in love with Dean pretty much the whole time. But Dean’s life went in a different direction, until now. A week in Colorado to reconnect with his friend turns into more when Dean realizes he’s been in love with Vaughn too.
These guys were very sweet together and had plenty of chemistry! I was happy to see Vaughn finally get the guy he’s loved forever.
They’d been best friends since they were kids and Vaughn’s been in love with Dean pretty much the whole time. But Dean’s life went in a different direction, until now. A week in Colorado to reconnect with his friend turns into more when Dean realizes he’s been in love with Vaughn too.
These guys were very sweet together and had plenty of chemistry! I was happy to see Vaughn finally get the guy he’s loved forever.
August 22, 2024
So cute!
March 19, 2025
Short but Oh so adorable!
May 19, 2025
3.75⭐️
August 17, 2025
Around 3.5. rounded up because for a shorty it was very nicely plotted. I also liked both guys.
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