Until the Storm Breaks: A Small-Town, Grumpy Sunshine Romance (The Midnight Men Book 1)

When brooding Seattle novelist Calvin Midnight rolls back into Dark River to sell off his late mother's estate, he plans to be gone before the locals even learn his name. Dark River has nothing for him — nothing except Maren Strand, the infuriatingly warm bar owner currently living in a cabin on his property, who stands directly between him and a clean exit.

Maren has built her entire life around this small town, and she isn't about to let some grief-hardened stranger with a chip on his shoulder rip it away. She has every reason to despise Calvin Midnight. So why, with only paper-thin cabin walls between them, does she find that hate softening into something far more dangerous?

Forced into unbearable proximity while Calvin settles the estate, these two opposites clash at every turn — his cold silences against her relentless warmth, his need to run against her roots planted deep. But Dark River harbors secrets that neither of them anticipated, secrets that blur the line between the unsettling and the seductive, and something ancient seems to be drawing them closer whether they want it or not.

Until the Storm Breaks is a slow-burn small-town romance wrapped in shadow and tension, where the push-pull between two stubborn hearts crackles with heat, humor, and more than a little dread. Once this storm rolls in, there's no outrunning it.