Celebrity chef Luca Bennett ruined his career in forty-seven seconds.
One viral video. Eleven million views. A reputation in ashes.
With his restaurants gone and the stories of his mistreatment of employees impossible to ignore, Luca boards the last train to Briarwood, Pennsylvania. He has one bag, nowhere to go, and the number of a man he hasn't been brave enough to call in twelve years.
Theo Kincaid has spent those twelve years running his father's diner, keeping his promises, and pretending he doesn't still listen for the midnight train.
Luca was his best friend. His first almost-everything. And the man who once looked him in the eye and made him feel like a stranger.
Now Luca needs a room.
Theo offers six weeks, four rules, and absolutely no promises.
But a cramped apartment, a battered green Ford, and the kind of attraction that never really died make keeping their distance impossible. For the first time in his life, Luca finds someone who doesn't want his fame, his money, or his carefully rehearsed charm.
Theo just wants him to stay.
As their second chance becomes something neither man expected, a lucrative television offer threatens to expose the private world they've built together—and prove that Luca hasn't changed nearly as much as he thought.
This time, an apology won't be enough.
Because coming back is easy compared to becoming someone worth staying for.
A deeply emotional, intensely steamy MM second-chance romance featuring a disgraced celebrity chef, a stubborn diner owner, forced proximity, hard-earned redemption, praise kink, and a guaranteed happy ending.
