Harlee Prince has always had a plan.
Finish her master’s degree.
Secure the perfect engineering job.
Prove that every sacrifice she made to get here was worth it.
Then a scandal destroys the internship she needs to graduate.
Her only option?
A last-minute job at a fast-growing Chicago media company.
There’s just one problem.
The CEO is Augustus James.
The same man she ghosted after one wildly out-of-character night she’s been trying to forget.
August built his empire from nothing.
Now he’s a media powerhouse with a reputation, a brand, and a carefully guarded heart.
The brilliant, stubborn grad student who just walked into his office?
She’s the last distraction he needs.
But late-night texts turn into early-morning coffee.
Professional boundaries start to blur.
And the more they try to ignore their chemistry…
… the harder it becomes to walk away.
Because some love stories don’t follow the plan.
They arrive messy.
Complicated.
And impossible to ignore.
Tropes include:
- Boss × Employee
- Secret Relationship
- Forced Proximity
- Found Family
- Emotional Tension
- Steamy contemporary romance
Perfect for fans of Kennedy Ryan, Christina C. Jones, and Talia Hibbert.
