LEAVE BEFORE I LOVE YOU
Max Monroe
• 12 September 2025
• standalone Rom-Com
• Book #2 in the Midnight Series
Falling in love?
Hard pass.
Falling in love
with Henry Callahan? Set me on fire first.
Rich, party girl
Avery Banks has had her eye on her brother’s best friend Henry for longer than
she’d like to admit. She’s spent years pretending she doesn’t care—pretending
he doesn’t get under her skin every time he smirks in her direction or calls
her “trouble” like it’s a compliment.
He’s chaos,
adrenaline-seeking, successful, funny, and hotter than the sun, but he’s also
dangerous in a way Avery’s been built to ignore.
He makes her face
things.
Actual feelings? Ew.
Responsibility? What?
A plan for her
future? That sounds terrible.
But thanks to a
freakishly unfortunate turn of events, Avery now finds herself locked in the
most extreme case of forced proximity imaginable with the one man who’s always
been too hot to handle—and now way too close for comfort.
Giving in to a
little chemistry? That might not be totally reckless.
A quick fling to
get him out of her system? Practically self-care.
She just has to
remember to do one thing:
Leave before she
loves him.
Author
Note: This standalone romance is a "brother's best
friend," "best friend's little sister" romance in the Meet Me at
Midnight world.
Avery + Henry
Henry is her older brother's BFF and the whole gang was supposed to fly to a private villa in the Bahamas for a fun weekend. But instead of her bestie and brother and two other friends... it's only her and Henry. The guy she's been crushing on since she was a basically a toddler.
They start arguing before the plane even lifts off the ground and unfortunately that's only the beginning. Because they do not arrive at their luxurious villa.
Anyone got a spare volleyball to paint a face on?
LET THE FUN TIMES BEGIN!
ADORABLE!
That was so cute and funny and sweet and a bit sad and exciting and adventurous.
First we're on that crazy dangerous and romantic adventure for a while - just the two of them - and the second half of the book it's back to life in the real world.
A world they both feel they don't fit into anymore. At least not yet. After what they survived. So they spend most of their time together. Secretly.
That was just adorable. I loved reading it.
We get to see lots of Beau and Juniper and little Addie. Great cast of people!
And I loved how Avery never really changed from the hilarious fashionista IT girl but she grew up a lot in this book.
It wasn't the re-invention of the rom-com - we've read dozens of books in this genre - but pff - who cares. It's why we love romance. There's always something new or funnier or better or whatever!
LEAVE BEFORE I LOVE YOU was such a cute brother's-best-friend Rom-Com. Funny, sexy, exciting and all the things! Run to your nearest book dealer for your own Henny - this one is mine!
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Many moons ago, a dynamic duo of romance authors teamed up
under the pseudonym Max Monroe, and, well, the rest is history...
Max Monroe is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling
Author of over thirty contemporary romance titles (with Romantic Comedy being
their jam), Favorite writing partners and long time friends, Max and Monroe
strive to live and write all the fun, sexy swoon so often missing from their
Facebook newsfeed. Sarcastic by nature, their two writing souls feel like
they’ve found their other half. This is their most favorite adventure thus far.
