Overview

A cozy tea shop. A federal agent. A murder that changes everything.

Maya Chen has built the perfect life in Maplewood Springs—running her beloved tea shop, surrounded by chosen family, and keeping her ADHD-fueled chaos contained in her cozy small-town bubble. She’s safe. She’s comfortable. She’s lonely.

Then FBI Special Agent Sarah Chen walks into Steep & Cozy investigating a murder, and Maya’s carefully controlled world tilts on its axis.

One week. One case. One chance at something real.

Sarah is everything Maya shouldn’t want—emotionally guarded, married to her job, and leaving town the moment the case closes. But when Maya’s pattern-recognition brain helps crack the investigation, professional boundaries blur into late-night texts and stolen moments. Sarah sees Maya’s ADHD not as a flaw, but as a gift. And for the first time in years, Maya feels truly seen.

But falling in love is the easy part…

When the case wraps and Sarah returns to Seattle, they face an impossible choice: end things before someone gets hurt, or risk everything on a long-distance relationship neither of them knows how to navigate. Maya’s rejection sensitivity screams that she’s too much—too chaotic, too needy, too broken. Sarah’s past trauma warns that caring too deeply only leads to loss.

Yet somehow, across video calls and stolen weekends, they’re building something neither expected: a love worth changing everything for.

Can a small-town tea shop owner and a big-city FBI agent find their way home to each other?