Seven years ago she hid his son. Today that secret makes them Pemberton’s targets. Before He Was Daddy The coffee shop was called Groundshift, and Killian Rutherford hated it with the specific, bone-deep resentment of a man who had run…
He vanished to protect her. Six years later, her son is his mirror—and the Blackthorns want him. The Ghost at the Coffee Shop The café was doing its usual eleven-forty-five surge, the line at the register doubling back toward the…
She hid his son for seven years. Fated love never stays hidden. A Golden Eye in the Coffee Line The line inside *Steam & Bean* crawled at the pace of a dying afternoon. Iris Caldwell shifted her weight from one…
He came back to protect the son she hid. But the Ravenwoods have a blood price for them both. Chapter 1: The Gold Eyes at Table Six # Chapter 1: The Gold Eyes at Table Six The coffee shop smelled…
He coded the fail-safe. She kept the secret. Their six-year-old son is the only key. Latte, Lies, and a Six-Year-Old The foam rosetta on Rowan Ashby’s latte had dissolved into a milky smear eleven minutes ago. He hadn’t touched the…
A one-night secret. A stalker’s game. A billionaire will do anything to keep his hidden son safe. The Boy at the Coffee Counter The espresso machine hissed like a struck snake, and Rowan Blackwood felt the familiar, low-grade irritation of…
He lost Elena once. A hidden son changes everything. Lucas Mercer will burn the Covingtons down to save them. The Boy at the Coffee Shop Lucas Mercer had been sitting in the same corner booth for forty-three minutes, nursing a…
One golden-eyed glance exposed my hidden son — and brought the vampire Blackthorns to my door. The Gold-Eyed Stranger The coffee shop smelled of burnt sugar and rain-soaked denim, a warm, ordinary smell that should have meant comfort. Sofia Harrington…
A disgraced fixer. A secret son. A yandere heir’s arranged marriage. One zero-to-hero contract to burn it all. The Ghost at the Coffee Shop The bus disgorged Gideon Winslow onto the curb at Ash and Seventh with less ceremony than…
A hidden son. A journalist’s secret. One former soldier must outrun the Whitmore dynasty to save them all. The Boy in the Booth The café was a nervous habit, not a vice. Ethan Mercer had been coming to the Daily…