the midnight defensive
book tour dates:
June 1-12
genre:
romance
Spice Level: none
WHAT YOU’LL FIND:
Neurodivergent Hero with Hidden Depth
Guarded Heroine
Forced Proximity
Grumpy sunshine-adjacent
Slow Burn
She falls first, he falls harder
Synopsis:
She makes a living in happily ever afters. She just doesn't believe in them anymore.
Vivian Sullivan designs engagement rings and heirlooms in her Old Town Alexandria studio. She's the person people trust with their happiest moments. Because it's easier to believe in love when it belongs to someone else.
The last time she believed in it for herself, she never made it to the wedding.
Now she keeps things light. Keeps everyone else taken care of. Until Ty McCade starts paying attention in a way no one else ever has.
A star defenseman for the Alexandria Dominion, Ty has always experienced the world at a different frequency than most, and learned early on not to show it. But from the moment they cross paths, he watches Vivian the same way he watches the ice. Like he's already seen the move she's about to make.
Where everyone else sees effortless, he sees the effort.
Getting close means letting someone past the life she's built around other people's love stories––and discovering that the man who notices everything has spent years making sure no one notices him.
The question isn't whether they're falling.
It's whether they'll let themselves land.
