Love, Lies, and Late Night Coffee

For fans of Emily Henry and Ali Hazelwood comes a witty, high-stakes romantic comedy where the only thing more dangerous than corporate espionage is falling in love.Maya Jimenez can brew the perfect cup of coffee, but her life is a lukewarm mess. Her family's charming Brooklyn coffee shop, The Daily Grind, is one foreclosure notice away from extinction, and her only hope is winning a high-stakes barista competition.Then he walks in.Ben Sterling is enigmatic, impossibly handsome, and the only customer who understands that coffee can be poetry. He's a welcome distraction until a shocking news report reveals his true identity: he's the reclusive billionaire CEO of tech giant Aperture, and his company's most valuable secret-a revolutionary coffee algorithm-has just been stolen.When Maya discovers a damning piece of evidence linking Ben to her fiercest corporate rival, she's forced to make a choice. To protect her family's legacy, she'll play his game. She accepts his offer to use his state-of-the-art lab to practice for the competition, all while secretly feeding him fake research to uncover his true motives.But their late-night sessions brew more than just groundbreaking coffee. Amidst the whir of high-tech grinders and the simmering tension, the line between suspicion and attraction begins to blur. He might be the man trying to destroy everything she stands for, but he's also the only one who sees the artist behind the apron.Trusting him could cost her everything, but not trusting him might be the one thing that truly breaks her heart.