Love by Design

Fifteen years of Tuesday nights. Fifteen years of Thai takeout and bad jokes and hands that almost touched. Sofia Ainsworth has spent her entire adult life loving Jack Montgomery from a safe distance-close enough to know his coffee order, far enough to pretend her heart doesn't skip every time he walks through her door.

But when a weekend getaway to her uncle's secluded cabin traps them together during a snowstorm, the careful walls Sofia has built begin to crack. One kiss shatters everything, and suddenly "just friends" doesn't fit anymore.

Back in the real world, old habits die hard. Jack's engineering career demands precision; Sofia's art demands passion. And somewhere between all-nighters at the lab and whispered promises by the fire, they have to answer the question that terrifies them both:

Can you build something new on a foundation that's already fifteen years old?

Some structures are meant to last. But only if you're brave enough to stop drawing the blueprints-and start living in the house.