Terms and Conditions Apply

He's here to liquidate my life's work. I shouldn't want him to take me apart, too.

Theo Bell has spent twenty-two years pouring his blood, sweat, and nonexistent profit margins into The Open Spine, a queer bookstore that serves as the beating heart of his community. He survives on bad coffee, sheer stubbornness, and a refusal to let anyone tell him his sanctuary isn't viable. He certainly doesn't have the time or the patience for corporate developers trying to buy his block out from under him.

Enter Calder Voss.

Calder is a turnaround consultant hired to assess the building's commercial tenants. He is data-driven, impeccably tailored, and operates with a ruthless precision designed to earn his father's approval and a coveted firm partnership. He wears a three-piece suit at seven in the morning and views Theo’s life's work as an operational liability that needs to be restructured or removed.

But spreadsheets can't quantify the undeniable, simmering tension that builds every time they are in the same room. As Calder spends his days observing the magic of the bookstore, the rigid lines of his professional life begin to blur. Theo's warmth, chaotic energy, and fierce protectiveness challenge everything Calder has been taught about success.

When their professional boundaries spectacularly collapse in the back office, Calder is forced to make an impossible choice. He can deliver the ruthless recommendation that will secure his career—or he can risk everything for the one investment he can't afford to lose.

Terms and Conditions Apply is a high-heat, grumpy/sunshine, enemies-to-lovers MM romance featuring a fiercely protective bookstore owner, a tightly-wound consultant unraveling beautifully, and a guaranteed HEA.