Star Harbor Series by Lena Hendrix

He wants me to stay out of his way. I want to get under his skin.One look at single dad Callum Blackwood, and I know I messed up. I never meant to save a farm—or steal it from under the grumpy innkeeper who had already claimed it as his future.Now I’m the woman who swooped in on a whim and left him seething.Trouble is, I have no idea what I’m doing.Every smirk, every biting comment, is a reminder that he’s waiting for me to fail... moreHe wants me to stay out of his way. I want to get under his skin.One look at single dad Callum Blackwood, and I know I messed up. I never meant to save a farm—or steal it from under the grumpy innkeeper who had already claimed it as his future.Now I’m the woman who swooped in on a whim and left him seething.Trouble is, I have no idea what I’m doing.Every smirk, every biting comment, is a reminder that he’s waiting for me to fail. But I don’t back down from a fight—even when the fight comes with a jawline that should be illegal and a scowl that sets my pulse racing.Tempers flare, but when the lines between rivals and lovers begin to blur, I start to see him in a different light. The longer we go toe-to-toe, the more I understand the man behind the scowl. The one who loves his kid fiercely, who carries the weight of the world on his shoulders, who looks at me like I’m the reason the sun rises.Cal’s wrong if he thinks I’ll give up on this farm. He’s even more wrong if he thinks I’ll give up on him.But holding a man like him is like chasing the sun—brilliant, blinding, and bound to set your entire life on fire less

I need a nanny. Not a distraction.I certainly do not need a twentysomething man with a devastating smile, tattooed forearms, and an easy charm that could unravel a woman twice as composed as me.But when my daughter gets kicked out of after-school care (again) and my flaky nanny ghosts us (again), Austin Calloway moves into the duplex next door—and right into our lives.Now he’s helping with homework, cooking dinner shirtless, and showing up with coffee like he’s always belonged here... moreI need a nanny. Not a distraction.I certainly do not need a twentysomething man with a devastating smile, tattooed forearms, and an easy charm that could unravel a woman twice as composed as me.But when my daughter gets kicked out of after-school care (again) and my flaky nanny ghosts us (again), Austin Calloway moves into the duplex next door—and right into our lives.Now he’s helping with homework, cooking dinner shirtless, and showing up with coffee like he’s always belonged here.He’s too young.Too familiar.Too good with my daughter.Too close.And the worst part? He sees through me—the cracks, the stress, the walls I’ve built to protect what’s mine.The more I try to keep him out, the more I ache to let him in.But letting someone in means risking everything.He’s the wrong choice . . . unless we’re finally ready to see what happens when we fall. less