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Under the soft pulse of summer light, wildlife photographer Samantha Hale has spent years capturing the beauty the world overlooks. She’s confident behind the camera, comfortable in solitude, and quietly proud of the body she’s learned to live in—one that refuses apology. But when a film crew arrives to document the fragile ecosystem she calls home, her carefully balanced world shifts. Evan Drake, the project’s producer, is everything she distrusts—ambitious, polished, determined to control every frame. Their first meeting sparks more friction than chemistry, but something in her ...

Kenzie McIntyre built a career on telling the truth—her own, mostly. As the witty host of a hit podcast, she’s made humor her armor and vulnerability her brand. But when a surprise invitation thrusts her into a celebrity charity marathon, the woman who jokes about “dying on-air” discovers there are tougher things than running: like letting someone see her stumble. Enter Noah Brooks, Olympic runner turned reluctant golden boy. What begins as a PR stunt turns into an uneasy partnership built on pace charts, playlists, and sarcasm. Kenzie expects judgment; Noah offers patience. She ...

Elena Serrano has spent her career mending what time tried to erase. As a museum conservator, she brings fractured paintings back to life—steady hands, invisible presence, unshakable control. Until the day her quiet expertise collides with Lucas Harrington, the museum’s new director and the living embodiment of every reason she’s learned to stay invisible. When a priceless portrait arrives damaged and expectations tighten around her like varnish, Elena’s world shifts. Lucas isn’t what she expected—he’s careful where others command, patient where power usually presses. Together...

Lauren Morgan used to measure her worth in goals scored and seasons survived. A former athlete sidelined by injury and self-doubt, she’s built a careful life as a youth soccer coach—structured, steady, and safe. But when her small-town team pairs her with Eli Torres, an ex-pro player with a smile that could undo the best defenses, Lauren’s game plan starts to unravel. Eli is the golden boy who walked away from fame for reasons he doesn’t talk about. Coaching beside Lauren, he finds something he hasn’t felt in years: purpose. She’s sharp, passionate, and utterly unwilling to be ...

Claire Morrison lives by red ink and restraint. As a sharp, plus-sized editor at a Manhattan publishing house, she’s made invisibility an art form. Her work is flawless, her humor armor-thick, and her heart carefully proofread. When she’s assigned to debut author Nathan Cole—a viral sensation with charm to spare—she expects ego and clichés. Instead, she finds sentences that feel uncomfortably like secrets and a man who reads between her lines. Nathan built his career on pretending he wasn’t broken. The book is supposed to fix his reputation. But Claire’s relentless honesty ...

Josie Morales has built her career out of fixing other people’s chaos. As a wedding planner, she thrives on lists, deadlines, and the illusion of control. But when a towering, maddeningly calm violinist named Mark enters her world, her perfectly organized life starts to unravel in the most unexpected—and exhilarating—ways. Mark Bennett has spent years chasing perfection, in music and in love. He’s used to keeping everything neat, quiet, safe. Until Josie storms in—sharp-witted, curvy, and completely unfiltered—and makes him question whether perfection was ever the point. When ...

Raina Kapoor doesn’t believe in fate. She writes horoscopes for a living, but her faith in the stars ends at the screen of her laptop. After a decade of playing it safe—professionally polished, emotionally guarded—her life takes an unexpected turn when Derek Wilder, a data analyst with a talent for order and an allergy to chaos, walks into her newsroom with spreadsheets and a mission to “fix” her beloved column. Their collision is instant. Her wit clashes with his logic, her heart with his rules. Yet beneath the teasing and debates about probability and planets, something starts ...

Tessa Moore has made an art form out of invisibility. As a high school guidance counselor, she spends her days fixing other people’s chaos while keeping her own heart carefully guarded. Blending in feels safe—until Owen Price, the new art teacher with paint-stained hands and disarming kindness, turns her steady world into something vividly, dangerously alive. Owen sees what others overlook: the humor behind Tessa’s restraint, the quiet strength beneath her softness, the beauty in her refusal to change herself to be loved. When their shared mission to help a struggling student pulls ...

When Nurse Mia Lopez walks into another twelve-hour shift at St. Luke’s, she expects chaos—not the new cardiologist with the unfairly kind eyes and the nerve to challenge her mid-code. Dr. Jack Whitaker is brilliant, infuriating, and far too observant for someone she’s determined to keep at arm’s length. Mia has built her world on control: clean lines, steady heartbeats, and no time for distractions. But Jack moves through the hospital with quiet conviction and an unshakable belief that care should go both ways. When professional friction turns into something far more electric, ...

Confidence doesn’t come before the leap—it comes because of it. Talia Brooks can teach anyone to float—except herself. As the head instructor at a community pool, she’s mastered calm professionalism, deflecting curiosity about her curves with sharp humor and unshakable poise. After years of navigating an industry obsessed with image, she’s finally built a world where she feels in control. Until Ethan Cole arrives. Ethan is everything she doesn’t trust: charming, athletic, and completely at ease in the spotlight. The former triathlete and motivational speaker has been hired to ...

Lena Wray has made a career out of disappearing—behind her camera, behind humor, behind the quiet armor of a woman who’s learned to take up less space than she deserves. When a career setback leaves her reeling, she accepts a last-minute job photographing a mountain wedding, hoping distance might dull the noise of failure. Instead, she finds Grant Dawson—the best man with a talent for showing up exactly where she doesn’t want him to be. He’s disciplined, dependable, maddeningly confident. She’s skeptical, sarcastic, and not in the mood for charm. But when a storm traps them at ...

Luxury hotel manager Juliet Raines runs her world with precision. Every second of her day is accounted for, every emotion tucked neatly behind the shine of her professional calm. Her plus-size body is polished armor; her competence is her currency. But when gruff travel columnist Theo Lockhart checks into her hotel—and her carefully ordered life—everything begins to unravel in ways neither of them planned. Theo’s job is to critique luxury. Juliet’s job is to embody it. Their first meeting is a battle of wits and wills: she’s all sharp heels and efficiency; he’s late, unimpressed...

Dahlia Reed has built her life on polish. As a luxury real estate agent, her success depends on flawless hair, poised smiles, and the illusion of control. Behind every perfect listing and curated interview is a woman terrified that a single crack will show too much. Then comes Logan Shaw—the rugged, unbranded builder whose hands are steady, words are few, and eyes seem to see straight through the walls she hides behind. When their companies partner on a multimillion-dollar eco-estate, Dahlia’s image collides with Logan’s authenticity in a clash of perfection and truth. On camera, ...

Willa Crane has always trusted bees more than people. Her hives make sense—steady, purposeful, alive with order. Humans? They sting for no reason. So when charming but infuriating nature writer Reed Hawthorne strolls onto her honey farm with a notebook and a grin, Willa’s first instinct is to chase him off her property with a smoker. Reed wants to write a feature on her sustainable honey operation, but Willa’s not interested in becoming anyone’s headline. Especially not his. Yet the more time they spend together—bickering over bee behavior, trading barbs that sound suspiciously ...

Rowan Chase has spent her life building beauty for everyone else. As a brilliant architect, she creates cathedrals of glass and steel that dazzle the world—but no one has ever stayed long enough to see the woman behind the designs. When she’s paired with celebrated sculptor Julian Marks on a landmark cultural arts center, she expects friction. She doesn’t expect him to see her—the way she fills space, the way she holds it. Julian is everything Rowan distrusts: impulsive, intuitive, devastatingly sincere. His art is chaos made physical, while hers is order rendered in light. Their ...

Meteorologist Isla Navarro predicts chaos for a living. Tornadoes, hurricanes, flash floods—nothing scares her anymore. Nothing except Grant Wilder, the reckless field reporter who barrels into her forecasts with equal parts charm and audacity. When their network pairs them for a high-stakes storm-chasing assignment, Isla braces for adrenaline and exhaustion—not chemistry. Grant has built a career chasing danger, but Isla’s quiet confidence disarms him in ways no storm ever could. Beneath her calm precision, he finds a woman with fire in her eyes and strength in every curve. To her, ...

Ari Moreno has spent years teaching other people how to move while convincing herself she’s perfectly still. Once a rising star in the world of ballet, she now hides behind studio mirrors and oversized sweaters, choreographing joy for her students but refusing to step into her own spotlight. When retired pro-athlete Nate Carson limps into her class for “footwork rehab,” the last thing Ari expects is to feel her world tilt—again. Nate doesn’t know the first thing about pliés, but he knows what it means to start over. His career ended on the turf, and the silence that followed ...

Sierra Alvarez has built her life behind the camera lens—capturing brilliance without ever stepping into the frame herself. As a plus-size aerospace photographer, she’s learned how to stay invisible while documenting humanity’s reach for the stars. Until Commander Ryan Tate, NASA’s most composed and quietly haunted astronaut, turns his gaze her way and refuses to look away. What begins as a professional partnership between two opposites—her grounded precision and his skybound discipline—unfolds into something luminous. Every launch, every mission briefing, every moment of trust ...

Lydia Morales has spent her career behind the camera, crafting stories about other people’s courage while keeping her own heart out of focus. But when she’s assigned to profile Gabe Voss—a war photojournalist turned reluctant celebrity—her careful invisibility begins to fracture. Gabe has made peace with being photographed but not with being known. The last thing he wants is another puff piece about his scars and survival. Yet something about Lydia’s quiet precision, her refusal to flinch, unsettles him in ways that feel dangerously close to hope. What begins as an uneasy ...

Naomi Mercer has built a life around feeding everyone but herself. Behind the safety of her catering trays and kitchen counters, she hides from the taste of her own dreams—until a chance offer pulls her into the spotlight of a new restaurant and into the orbit of Cal Hartman, a chef whose calm precision masks a hunger of his own. What begins as professional friction quickly simmers into something impossible to ignore. Naomi’s food is fearless, bold, and alive—everything she’s afraid to be. Cal sees it before she does, and soon their late nights in the kitchen turn into something ...