They say four is a family. In this apartment, it’s a wreckage in waiting.Jade has the perfect life on paper: a joint lease on a luxury open plan apartment, a successful career, and a devoted boyfriend, Austen, who promises her a permanent future. But permanence feels like a cage, and the transparency of their new home – with its seamless flow and lack of walls – is starting to feel like a stage.
Kieran is the massive, quiet presence in the room. He’s her best friend’s boyfriend, her own partner’s best friend, and the one person who sees the restlessness Jade tries to hide. He doesn’t just occupy the apartment. He colonizes the air she breathes.
It started with an accidental touch over a moving crate. It spiraled into a frantic addiction in parked cars, basement laundry rooms, and the very kitchen where their partners sit unsuspecting.
In the ‘danger zone’ of their new shared life, every lingering look is a gamble and every hushed whisper is a spark. They are architects of their own destruction, systematically incinerating the trust of the two people who love them most.
Jade knows the fire is coming. She knows that when the walls finally come down, there will be nothing left but the wreckage. But as the slow burn reaches its flashpoint, she realizes she doesn’t want to be saved.
She wants to watch it all burn.
In Plain Sight is a visceral, raw, and unapologetic dark contemporary romance from Maree Young. It explores the jagged corners of illicit desire, the high cost of betrayal, and a love that thrives in the ruins of morality. This is not a morally perfect love story.
