Her second chance comes with strings—him
Navy veteran Hudson Rafferty is fine being alone with his nightmares and what’s left of his soul. He’s not fine with Ember Nixon calling dibs on the space in downtown Superstition Springs that he’s earmarked for his new restaurant. She’s the one woman he can’t ignore, the one woman who pushes past his carefully constructed boundaries—and the one woman who seems to accept his quirks.
Ember left Superstition Springs at seventeen, pregnant and disgraced. She never dreamed she’d be back with a special-needs seven-year-old in tow. Or that Aunt Serenity’s love prediction would say a partnership with Hudson Rafferty is the only way she’ll get the empty space she wants for her new business enterprise. The enigmatic ex-Navy guy doesn’t even acknowledge that she exists no matter how much she flirts with him. How can they possibly be partners?
Or maybe a better question is…how did this partnership blossom into a budding romance that can never survive Hudson’s biggest dealbreaker?
Tropes
- Neurodiverse hero
- Returning home
- Single mom
- Soulmates
- Matchmaking aunt
- Alpha cinnamon roll SEAL hero
- Wounded warrior (his scars are on the inside)
- Found family
- Slow burn
- Closed door/kissing only
