It was never meant to be a date, but sometimes love has other plans. Steve Houston recognized Kate as soon as she walked into his Nashville bookstore looking for a job. Too bad she didn't remember him. It was high school all over again. And once again, she was hanging out with the wrong guy—this time, an arrogant artist with a bad reputation. When Kate surprises him with an invitation to a black-tie gala, he knows this is the chance he has been waiting for. He held Kate’s hand when they were kids. What will it take to convince her to let him hold her heart now? Kate Reeves is tired of being a secret—and of her boyfriend's excuses for keeping her as one. Maybe that’s why she agreed to take her boss, Steve, to an art gala in her boyfriend’s place. But Steve was a nice enough guy, even if her roommate did call him “Mr. Baseball Cap.” Not exactly black-tie material. At least that’s what she thought until he showed up at her apartment looking like he had walked off a magazine cover. He was only supposed to be her plus-one, but when a betrayal gives their friends-only arrangement a chance to become something more, will she open her eyes in time to see the one who has been there all along? Unrequited love gets a second chance in Until Now, a friendship-to-love prequel novella to the Wildflower Lake sweet/clean romance series.