Measured Love

~ ON HOLD ~

~ Book Two in the Honeycrumb Series ~

Monroe Carter believes in balance.

She balances Honeycrumb's books.
She balances her sisters' chaos.
She balances her heart - carefully, cautiously, quietly.

After a long relationship that left her doubting her own instincts, Monroe has learned how to measure everything. Time. Trust. Distance. Hope.

What she doesn't measure is Andre Lawson.

Six-foot-ten. Quiet. Observant. Devoted in ways that feel dangerous.
He's been part of her world for years - steady in the background, never asking for more than she was ready to give.

But Andre has been patient.

And Monroe is beginning to notice the way he never raises his voice.
The way he stands beside her, not in front.
The way he touches her like she's something to protect - not control.

She doesn't know he's loved her for years.
He doesn't know exactly what broke her.

All he knows is that she used to be louder.

And he wants to see her that way again.

Slowly.
Carefully.
Sweetly.

Because some love isn't rushed.

It's measured.