The Café on His Block: He owned the building. She owned his heart.

Sophie Teller built her café from nothing but grit, grief, and a stubborn belief that if she worked hard enough, life would eventually soften. At thirty-two, she's stopped waiting to be chosen. She pours the coffee, bakes the pastries, and keeps her heart safely tucked behind the counter—because love has never stayed.

Until the day her landlord walks in.

Ryan Taylor owns the building. Confident. Quietly powerful. And entirely uninterested in being just another man who passes through Sophie's ...