A forced proximity, grumpy / sunshine romance.
She’s learning to live on her own, he’s hiding a dangerous past—but when they end up under the same roof, neither is prepared for how much they’ll change each other.
Ariadne Katsaros has always put others first. As the eldest daughter in a loving but overcrowded home, she’s the one who keeps everything together, even if it means putting her own dreams on hold. But when family obligations push her out the nest, Ariadne has to do something she’s never done: move out and start living life on her own terms.
Finding a cheap room in the city feels impossible until her best friend offers a solution: move in with her boyfriend’s cousin. The catch? That man is Nathan Hansley, a brooding tech entrepreneur with a mysterious edge and zero interest in small talk.
Nathan lives by one rule above all: never let anyone close enough to matter. Ariadne has a way of slipping past every wall he’s built. Now, stuck as roommates, she pulls him into a connection he never saw coming.
What begins as a temporary arrangement soon blurs into late-night conversations and uncontrollable sparks. But Ariadne is determined to prove she can stand on her own, and Nathan is terrified of what it means to let someone in. Falling for each other might be the one gamble neither of them is ready to lose.
