She has eight weeks to pull off a Christmas market. Falling for the man downstairs was never part of the plan. Neither was watching him fall for her little boy.

Wren Parker came to Hemlock Grove with a deadline, a dinosaur-loving three-year-old, and every intention of returning to Cleveland when the job was done. The apartment above Rusty Bean gives her somewhere to live while she works.

Its handsome owner is giving her reasons to stay.

Asher Cole is relentlessly optimistic, entirely too tempting, and apparently willing to discuss dinosaurs with Beau for as long as Beau requires. Wren could handle a little harmless flirting over coffee. She’s less prepared for the lingering looks, the almost-kisses, and how badly she wants to close the distance herself.

Especially when the man she can’t stop thinking about is becoming her son’s favorite person.

After losing her husband, Wren worked hard to build a life she could manage on her own. There’s a business waiting in Cleveland. A future she’s already planned. And no room for a coffee shop owner who makes her want to reconsider all of it.

But between Christmas market preparations and small-town gossip, Asher keeps finding his way into her days—and into the family she’s been so careful to protect.

Now her contract is ending, Christmas is coming, and going home means leaving him.

She knows how to pack up an apartment. She has no idea how to say goodbye to the man who’s made room in his heart for both of them.

*Brewing Up Forever is a standalone, small-town Christmas romance featuring a single mom, a golden retriever hero, forced proximity above his coffee shop, found family, and a slow burn full of almost-kisses. Expect fade-to-black intimacy and a happily ever after.*