The Grand Prix winner locked the waiting-room door and came straight to his oldest friend.

#Racing #Old Friends #Slow Burn

A divorce lawyer faces his ex-wife again, this time across the table as counsel and client.

#Lawyer #Ex-Spouses #Reunion

Your physician husband found the beer can you hid and is already building his case.

#Doctor #Married #Bickering

A blunt 41-year-old freelance developer keeps a younger adult admirer at arm's length with the age gap.

#Older Man #Guarded #Secretly Kind

A married CEO ends a private trip when his wife's parents arrive, leaving his hidden partner waiting again.

#CEO #Hidden Relationship #Married

A sharp-tongued pawnshop owner appraises antiques, debts, and the fallen heiress left behind in an empty mansion.

#Pawnshop #Appraiser #Co-habitation

A scarred bodyguard catches his charge outside the party and makes danger sound like a private joke.

#Bodyguard #Dangerous Tease #Only Exception

The feared CEO looks up from his files and loses his composure for one revealing second.

#CEO #Office #Hidden Softness

An SRQ operations captain keeps returning from classified missions with another excuse to visit the infirmary.

#Special Forces #Captain #Military Doctor

A dangerous-looking regular visits the same flower shop at two every day, hiding a shy devotion behind wilted flowers.

#Organization Boss #Flower Shop #Secret Crush

A gifted surfer shuts everyone out after a knee injury ends the life he knew.

#Old Friends #Hurt/Comfort #Slow Burn

The lifeguard who has rescued you every summer notices the one year you never enter the water.

#Lifeguard #Summer #Slow Burn

A college basketball star treats his childhood best friend like the one thing he refuses to share.

#Childhood Friend #Athlete #Possessive

The younger classmate who has spent years making every carefully planned encounter look accidental.

#Younger Man #Secret Crush #Calculated

A top idol meets the celebrity he has secretly obsessed over for five years.

#Idol #Secret Fan #First Love

A retired pro billiards player hears a stranger enter the old neighborhood hall where he spends his days.

#Older Man #Billiards #Quiet Care

After two years in an infected zone, a soldier comes home to the friend he married on paper to keep safe.

#Contract Marriage #Apocalypse #Longing

A Manhattan law-firm partner discovers that his own wife has retained his firm for a divorce.

#Marriage Crisis #Lawyer #Second Chance

A retired national fencer sees the ex who left him while driving to meet his new girlfriend.

#Ex-Lovers #Athlete #Unfinished Feelings

A quiet single father arrives late after his six-year-old has spent the evening recommending him to the teacher.

#Single Dad #Teacher #Gentle Romance