Next Door To You
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After escaping a toxic relationship, 24-year-old Elena Morales moves into a rundown apartment with her four-year-old son, determined to rebuild their lives from nothing.
Love is the last thing on her mind.
Especially when the man living next door looks like trouble wrapped in tattoos and silence.
Luca Bennett is the kind of man people avoid - cold, guarded, and impossible to read. But while everyone else keeps their distance, Elena's son Noah becomes attached to him instantly.
What starts as shared dinners, repaired toys, and late-night conversations slowly turns into something Elena never expected: safety.
But just as she begins to trust Luca with her heart, the past she ran from comes crashing back into her life.
And this time, she might lose more than just herself.
A slow-burn single parent romance full of tension, healing, found family, and the kind of love that feels like home.
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