Lynne O'Donnell runs her bar in Autumn Ridge the way she runs her life—contained, drama-free, and closed to Leo March.
Years ago, a reckless mistake on Halloween, his twenty-first birthday, changed everything between them, and she has no intention of falling for the younger firefighter again.
Then Fred, the town’s infamous tomcat and Leo’s proud pet, sneaks into her storage room and leaves behind a feral mama cat with a hidden litter of kittens.
Late-night bottle feedings and viral cat videos pull Lynne back into Leo’s orbit, where his warmth is as hard to ignore as the history she keeps trying not to remember.
Stuck co-fostering the litter, close quarters strip away her control, and the second chance she swore she would never take becomes harder to refuse with every passing night.
