Between the Lines (Hometown #3)

Between the Lines is the 3rd book in the Hometown series. It can be read after Lucky Penny or as a standalone, and as always, has a HEA!

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When it starts literally raining inside Fia Hanson’s hundred-year-old house, she’s left scrambling. As a single mom to a one-year-old, and coffee shop manager, she can’t afford the repairs, and she definitely can’t afford for her overbearing family to find out. If they do, they’ll force her to sell the only home she’s ever known.

She’s determined to prove she’s capable of fixing her mess, but time is ticking and Fia is running out of options… until her grumpy, off-limits boss steps in.

Caden Brooks doesn’t do personal. He owns the coffee shop; Fia runs it. That’s how he prefers it. But losing his best business asset isn’t an option—so he makes her a deal. He’ll loan her the money to repair her roof and she can stay in his guesthouse. No strings attached.

Except living across the yard from sunshine personified—and her adorable daughter—isn’t as simple as he thought it would be. And the longer the repairs drag on, the more involved Caden finds himself in their life… and the harder it becomes to ignore the pull between them.

Because keeping professional boundaries is one thing, denying your heart is another.

And when Fia starts to see a side of Caden no one else ever has, she begins to wonder whether the man everyone keeps at arm’s length is the one she should bring closer.
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Tropes you can expect:
He's quiet!! not grumpy
She's chaotic sunshine
Age gap (22/32)
He owns the coffee shop/she runs it
Damsel (single mom) in distress
Bookish girl FMC
Hot Surfer MMC