"Hating You First" is a 23,600-word new adult gay romance novella set during a scorching summer holiday on the Turkish Mediterranean. A clean romance with plenty of tension but no explicit scenes, it's perfect for readers who crave enemies-to-lovers tension, forced proximity, and the taboo thrill of a stepbrother romance in a safe edition. This story follows two college students who thought they'd left high school — and each other — behind. But when their parents fall in love, these former bully and victim become reluctant stepbrothers trapped together in a five-star resort. And the hatred? It's starting to feel a lot like wanting.

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Andreas spent his first year of college healing from the wounds of high school — namely Jonas, the boy who made his life a living hell. Mocked his grades. Taunted him for being a loner. Spread vicious rumors about his sexuality. Andreas thought he was finally free.

Then his mother announces she's dating Jonas's father.

Now Andreas is back in his small German hometown, face to face with his worst nightmare. Jonas is still infuriating. Still teasing. Still getting under Andreas's skin with that crooked smirk and those dark, knowing eyes. But he's also... different. Broader shoulders. Shorter hair. A gaze that lingers a moment too long.

When the newly blended family jets off to an all-inclusive resort in Turkey, Andreas is trapped in paradise with the one person he swore to hate forever. Sharing a room. Sharing meals. Sharing stolen glances by the pool at midnight.

Every biting remark from Jonas feels charged with something Andreas refuses to name. Every accidental touch sends heat racing through his body. He tells himself it's just leftover anger. Just old wounds. Just proximity messing with his head.

But when Andreas kisses another guy just to watch Jonas's reaction — and Jonas's face crumbles with hurt instead of mockery — everything Andreas thought he knew shatters.

Now he's lying awake at night dreaming about those lips. His stepbrother's lips. And Jonas keeps whispering things like "maybe you're not the only one who's confused."

What happens when the boy who made you miserable confesses that he's wanted you all along? Can hatred ever become something else? And will their parents ever accept the truth — or will Andreas and Jonas have to choose between their family and each other?

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This isn't just an enemies-to-lovers romance — it's a story about forgiveness, self-discovery, and the terrifying leap of loving someone you were supposed to hate. Watch two broken boys slowly peel back years of armor, trading cruel banter for whispered confessions and bitter resentment for breathtaking tenderness. With a practical German mother who cares more about wedding costs than gossip, a near-miss that changes everything, and a gazebo confession that will make your heart stop, "Hating You First" delivers the slow-burn payoff you've been craving. No cheating. No cliffhanger. Just a hard-won, tear-streaked happy ending that proves love is worth fighting for.

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