ESPRESSO

For two people who craved privacy, they sure seemed destined to find it in the last place either of them wanted to be: in each other's business.

Hollywood darling Calista Carlisle has been in the public eye for years, expertly curated and camera-ready. But after a humiliating breakup and the leak of her ex's affair with another celebrity, she's done playing the game. Desperate for a reset, she slips away to the quiet town of Mendocino, California-where the biggest scandal is whether you put one or two sugars in your coffee. Or so she thinks.

Enter Leo Donovan, a man whose name alone could make a tabloid editor salivate. A billionaire hiding in plain sight, Leo runs The Cove, a successful café chain founded to honor his late mother, despite his family's constant nagging to turn it into a "real asset." For a guy hell-bent on staying out of the spotlight, Leo sure knows how to make himself look like a VIP in hiding.

Their chemistry is undeniable, but complicated-Leo's world of boardrooms and billionaires couldn't clash more with Calista's world of red carpets and reporters. And while he's dealing with a meddling ex and a family obsessed with legacy, Calista is being hounded by her own Hollywood baggage, including a desperate ex-boyfriend who won't stop dragging her name through the mud.

If Leo's rare smile was supposed to be inviting, Calista couldn't help but wonder if it was more of a warning. Because when they're together, everything that divides them fades, and the stakes get dangerously high.

In a town too small for secrets, they'll both have to confront their pasts, face the people who can't seem to let go, and decide if love can really bridge two worlds this far apart.

Or maybe-just maybe-they aren't really as different as they think.

#1 of the Brewed Hearts Series!