Taking the nanny job was supposed to be a temporary arrangement for me.

I needed money, not a full-blown life detour, with no prior qualifications, and definitely not a brooding billionaire with a too-serious stare and a daughter who hadn’t smiled in months.

But Ashton Cross isn’t what I expected.

Yes, he’s powerful. Intimidating. Frustrating.

He watches me like he’s starving. He touches me like he’s forgotten how. And I’m falling fast for a man who’s everything I swore I’d stay away from.

And me?

I’m just a girl who loves the fall season to the fullest, dreams of opening a pie shop, and has no business catching feelings for my boss—especially one who despises all things relationships and romance.

Now I’m not just baking pies in someone else’s kitchen—I’m falling in love in someone else’s home.

And the scariest part?

It’s starting to feel like mine.

A steamy, heart-tugging single dad/nanny romance in the big city, where crisp autumn days, pumpkin-spiced nights, and stolen glances are only the beginning of a love that burns hotter than fall’s brightest leaves.