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Ava Williams has spent her entire life taking care of everyone else.
Growing up with an alcoholic mother taught her early that survival meant being dependable, organized, and always in control. Now she pours that same dedication into Hey Honey’s, the cozy coffee shop she built from the ground up. Her carefully structured routines help her manage both her obsessive-compulsive disorder and the emotional walls she’s spent years constructing around her heart.
Anderson Montgomery is a rescuer by nature.
As a firefighter, he’s used to rushing toward danger when everyone else runs away. Whether it’s saving strangers or cleaning up after his brothers’ latest mistakes, Anderson has always carried more than his share of responsibility. The one thing he’s never found the courage to do is tell Ava that their casual arrangement stopped feeling casual a long time ago.
Just as he’s ready to finally admit how he feels, Ava’s world is turned upside down.
When Child Protective Services questions her ability to adopt her younger sister, Ava is faced with an impossible situation. Determined to help, Anderson offers a solution that seems simple enough: a marriage on paper. A stable home, a supportive husband, and the image of the perfect family could give Ava the chance she’s been fighting for.
But living together changes everything.
The lingering looks become harder to ignore. Casual touches start to mean more. Before long, calling each other husband and wife feels surprisingly natural, and the line between pretending and reality begins to disappear.
Then, just when they’re supposed to move on with their separate lives, Ava discovers she’s pregnant.
Now they’re forced to confront the question they’ve both been avoiding: was their marriage ever truly a temporary arrangement, or were they falling in love from the very beginning?
A heartfelt romance about family, healing, second chances, and discovering that sometimes the person who’s always been there is the one you’ve been searching for all along.
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