They promised to keep it platonic. That didn’t last long. Izzy Romero has rules. Big ones. never fall for your best friend’s brother. Especially when that brother is Caleb Tanaka—calm, steady, recently back from a semester abroad, and totally off-limits. But when Izzy and Caleb are forced to co-lead the school’s winter volunteer drive, all their unspoken feelings start slipping through the cracks. Snowball fights, ornament mishaps, and late-night planning sessions don’t help. Neither does the pact they make to keep things strictly professional. Because the more time they spend together, the more Izzy starts to wonder if rules are meant to be rewritten—especially when it comes to the one person she’s never really been able to forget. The Winter Pact is a cozy winter YA novella with a best friend’s brother twist, perfect for fans of slow-burn tension, swoony kisses, and stories about choosing honesty over fear.