THE LEASE ON LOVE: A Forced Proximity Contemporary Romance

She's being evicted from the life she built. He's the attorney who knows exactly how landlords win-because he never loses.Interior designer Olivia Brooks has thirty days to leave her Upper West Side studio, and the timing couldn't be worse: clients are backing out, bills are piling up, and New York isn't the kind of city that waits for you to catch your breath.Ethan Cole offers a solution she can't afford to refuse-an empty guest apartment next door to him, strict rules, and a plan to fight back. It's temporary. Professional. Safe.Until one photo, one rumor, and one too-convenient "boyfriend" assumption turns their arrangement into a public narrative neither of them asked for.As anonymous messages escalate and Ethan's past resurfaces with a vendetta, Olivia must decide what's harder: letting the world rewrite her story-or trusting a man whose version of love is built on boundaries, choice, and showing up.Tropes you'll love: - Forced proximity- Slow burn- Protective (but respectful) hero- "We have rules"- Private love, public pressure- Found safety- Closed-door / low spice vibeA grounded, modern romance with emotional depth-and a heroine who learns to stop abandoning herself.

Pages: 145, Paperback, Independently published