This New Year’s, desire doesn’t wait for permission. Rowan expects winter break to be an escape—sun, silence, and survival—when her best friend invites her to a luxury island resort for the holidays. What she doesn’t expect is Dominic Monroe. Lila’s father is disciplined, commanding, and entirely off-limits. A man whose presence sharpens every room he enters. A man who sees Rowan in ways no one ever has. The attraction between them is immediate, undeniable, and dangerous—intensified by late nights, lingering glances, and a resort alive with celebration and surveillance. As Christmas fades and New Year’s Eve approaches, restraint becomes a battle neither of them can win forever. Every moment risks exposure. Every almost-touch tests control. And when the countdown to midnight begins, Rowan must decide whether she’ll step into the new year unchanged—or let desire rewrite everything. After Midnight is a sensual, psychological New Year’s Eve romance about boundaries, recognition, and the choice that comes after midnight.