THEY DANCED LIKE LOVERS. THEY WEREN’T. NOT YET.
At twenty-three, Ellie steps into Toronto’s hot, pulsing Latin scene—where she falls in love with bachata… and with the way one man makes her feel.
His name is Sam. He’s soulful. Intriguing. Emotionally elusive.
Little by little, through late nights and shared rhythms, he becomes the pull she can’t ignore. Though she sees the red flags—how he holds her close without ever truly showing up—she still can’t stop herself from falling.
Ellie knows Sam isn’t what she needs, but his arms feel like safety. His smile feels like home. And what begins as a dance spirals into a slow-burning obsession. They haven’t kissed. They haven’t even gone out, but she’s already making excuses—for him, for herself—for wanting more.
Told in intimate poetry and raw, confessional prose, Bad Boy Good Guy is a diary romance about longing, lust, and losing yourself in someone who was never yours.
For fans of emotional slow burns, chaotic situationships, and the kind of heartbreak that teaches you to recognize real love when it finally arrives.