An inherited house. A frustratingly handsome contractor. A six-month renovation that's about to tear down all her walls.
Elara Lane does not do chaos. As a Brooklyn editor, she survives on color-coded spreadsheets, noise-canceling headphones, and keeping everyone at a safe distance. But when she inherits a rambling Victorian house in the aggressively charming town of Woodhaven, Vermont, her perfectly ordered life gets flipped upside down. Her plan is simple: get in, fix it up, and sell it fast.
There is just one massive, tool-belt-wearing problem: Jules.
He is the rugged, easygoing contractor tasked with the renovations, and he is everything Elara is not. He is chaotic, entirely too charming, and infuriatingly comfortable living in the moment. When circumstances force them to live together in the dusty, half-renovated house, the friction between her rigid planning and his laid-back smirk quickly ignites into an attraction neither of them can ignore.
As walls come down—literally and figuratively—they uncover a hidden series of letters in the attic detailing a tragic, decades-long "almost" romance between the previous owners. The heart-wrenching history is a haunting reminder of what happens when you spend a lifetime playing it safe instead of being brave.
Now, Elara has to make a choice: retreat to the safety of her predictable, lonely city life, or risk it all on the one man who finally feels like home.
Single House, Shared Secrets is a steamy, forced-proximity small-town romance featuring a grumpy-sunshine role reversal, laugh-out-loud banter, and a high-heat payoff.
