Theo hates his stepbrother, River, ever since the night their parents died and Theo decided it was River's fault. Five years later, they crash back into each other's lives when Theo's fire crew responds to River's car accident. With River too shaken to be alone and Theo too stubborn to walk away, they're trapped together in a shoebox apartment for the night. River's mouthy. Theo's furious. And the tension between them? One wrong move from explosive. Bite Before You Kiss is a 19k word spicy dark novella with HEA. Tropes/themes: