Kyla thought she had Valentine’s Day handled—good food, good music, and enough distractions to quiet a broken heart. Love was the last thing on her mind. Then the power went out, and the evening took a turn she hadn’t prepared for.

An unexpected reunion pulls her into a night that feels familiar and unsettling all at once. Tyson isn’t the boy from around the way that she remembers—he’s confident, commanding, and carries himself with a presence that Kyla can’t ignore. What starts as comfort slowly shifts into something charged, blurring lines she never planned to cross.

As desire deepens and the past resurfaces, Kyla is forced to face what she’s been avoiding: choosing between surviving heartbreak and allowing herself to feel again.

Power Play is a sensual Valentine’s Day friends-to-lovers novelette about intimacy, control, and the reality of getting more than you planned for. Through both Kyla and Tyson's eyes, it explores how power shifts when desire, history, and timing collide.