Honest Grounds
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MatureComplete Mon, Oct 27, 20253h 6m
Coffee shop manager Aaron Dane doesn't do one-night stands-until he meets Lee. One perfect night becomes a promise of a dinner date, but Wednesday morning shatters everything when Lee walks through the door of Fletcher's Corner Market as Aaron's newest employee. For three months, they maintain careful boundaries between the manager and the employee, and between the professional and the personal. Then a January accident changes everything, and Aaron must decide what matters more: his job or the man he loves.
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