I’m the teacher this whole town hands its kids and its secrets to. Nobody ever thinks to keep me.
Then a careful little boy named Cooper shows up in my second-grade class, drawing bees in the margins and saying we have a farm now like it’s the end of a story he won’t tell. Three weeks later his whole family fills my doorway: four men raising him alone on a honey farm at the edge of Magnolia Hollow, a bonded pack still learning how to breathe around the hole where their omega used to be.
Asa, who holds himself so steady nothing else can fall. Beau, who smiles a half-second too long. Sam, who loves that boy so much he showed up with a written list of questions. And Jonah, who keeps them all alive with a pot on the stove.
I only meant to help with reading. I did not mean to start leaving the porch light on for a pack that already feels like home.
Loving one of them would be reckless. Loving all four would cost me the only safe thing I’ve ever been: the woman who gives and never needs.
The note on the farm comes due by summer. So does my heart.
What you’ll get:
Adults 18+ only. It’s a slow-burn but does have explicit sexual content.
Content note: this book deals with grief and the death of a loved one, including a child’s loss of a parent. Handled gently and spoiler-free.