Ford Grant moves to Rose Hill to escape the press and open a recording studio, then a twelve-year-old turns up claiming he is her father.
Elsie Silver builds the novel on two disruptions landing at once: sudden parenthood, and Rosie Belmont, his best friend's younger sister, back in town and badly needing a job. Sparring stands in for everything neither of them will say aloud, and the line Ford keeps promising not to cross grows thinner by the chapter. Small-town texture, a sullen new daughter and a billionaire trying to live like an ordinary neighbour give the book its shape.
What drives the plot:
• Best friend's sister romance complicated by unexpected fatherhood
• A wealthy hero deliberately stripped of his usual surroundings
• Banter-driven tension between two equally stubborn leads
• An opening title in the author's Rose Hill small-town series
For contemporary romance readers who enjoy grumpy heroes and found-family plots. Find it at Boipoka.