Overview

Falling for her best friend's mom? That's not part of the plan!

When Liesl moves back to Seattle after a devastating break-up, the last person she expects to spend time with is Teri -- her best friend's mother and the woman she's harbored a secret crush on since college. Teri is older, confident, and dangerously tempting. She's also completely off-limits.

Teri has her life figured out: a thriving career, a rooftop garden she adores, and zero plans to complicate things by dating her daughter's best friend. But when she agrees to let Liesl stay with her temporarily, their connection becomes impossible to ignore. Living together, working side-by-side on a community garden project, stolen glances turn into lingering touches, and friendly banter becomes something much more heated.

Between late-night conversations, accidental touches while cooking together, and stolen kisses under the fairy lights the tension keeps building. Their relationship is turning into something deeper, something neither of them can deny, and their "friendship" crosses into dangerous, forbidden territory. But if Liesl's best friend discovers the truth, it could shatter everything. Can they risk turning their secret attraction into something real? Or will their chance at love wither before it can bloom?