Pinch Perfect

This Valentine’s Day, can a woman who never stays and a man who’s afraid to let anyone in find the courage to choose forever?

Liam
My life is my daughter and my bakery. That’s it.
That’s the deal I made six years ago when I became a single father, and it’s worked just fine.
Romance doesn’t fit into it— especially not with Charlotte Renner, the gorgeous event coordinator who breezed into town with a clipboard and a smile that makes Maisie light up like Christmas morning.
She’s temporary.
She’s leaving after the festival.
I can’t risk letting someone into our lives who won’t stay.
Except Charlotte keeps showing up— making my daughter laugh, challenging me on my terrible menu names, and looking at me like I’m more than just a guy covered in flour.
I’m terrified of wanting her.
I’m even more terrified of losing her.
But some risks are worth taking, and some people are worth asking to stay.

Charlotte
I came to Valentine to organize a festival, not to fall for a single dad who makes terrible dad jokes and has a six-year-old who decided I belong to them approximately three minutes after we met.
This is supposed to be temporary— plan the Heart-to-Heart Festival, execute flawlessly, and move on to the next job like I always do.
But Liam O’Sullivan keeps showing up behind that bakery counter with flour on his shirt and a smile that makes me forget why I never stay.
His daughter draws me pictures with glitter.
He brings me coffee without asking.
And somewhere between the cupcake puns and the way he looks at me when he thinks I’m not watching, I’m falling for a life I never let myself want.
The problem?
My contract ends when the festival does.
And walking away from them might be the hardest thing I’ve ever done.