On the surface, Autumn Watson is just another barista in NYC.
On the surface, Leonardo Luciano is just another hotel mogul.

Neither saw the other coming, a meet-cute disaster bringing together two of the most unlikely people.
Autumn, a cult-classic movie lover who spends her free time working in the bookstore she lives above, finds herself in front of the hotel mogul by accident. Although Leo appears to be a man with little emotion, something in his hazel eyes tells her there's more beneath the hardened personality. As their relationship evolves beyond customer and barista, Autumn discovers layer after layer behind his furrowed brow that makes her smile. With every discovery, she opens up to him more and more, finding comfort in the man who knows how to navigate her panic attacks. Her traumatic past may haunt her, but she feels hope for lasting happiness with every step he's willing to take with her.

A Rom-Com in the making—on the surface.
We all have bones in the closets we wish would stay there.
While other secrets are out in the open, hidden in plain sight.

Only time will tell which of them will have Autumn and Leo question everything they've known about each other. But...whose secret tumbles the first domino?

2024 Pencraft Literary Award- Runner Up Winner: Suspense Romance
2024 International Impact Awards – Winner- Books in a Series

WARNING- Cliffhanger
This is book one of a series; a contemporary romance with suspense and harsh topics.
Please check the content warnings at the front of the book.