Lonesome Heart

I never meant to fall for my boss.
Especially not one who hired me to help hold his family together while he tried to rebuild the life that was falling apart around him.
Sam Stevens is a country music star, a single father, and the grumpiest man I’ve ever met. When I agree to care for his two daughters while he prepares for a six-month tour, I tell myself this is just a job. A chance to help two sweet girls, earn a paycheck, and keep a safe distance from the wounded, closed-off man who barely seems to remember how to breathe without disappointment weighing him down.
That plan lasts about five minutes.
Because beneath Sam’s rough edges is a father doing his best, a man carrying more heartbreak than he knows what to do with, and a version of himself he’s long since stopped believing in. The more time I spend in his world, the harder it becomes to ignore the pull between us—the quiet moments, the lingering looks, the kind of connection that feels a little too real for either of us to call harmless.
But falling for Sam could cost me everything.
He’s my boss. I’m the nanny. And the closer we get, the more dangerous it becomes to want the kind of life neither of us thought we’d have again.
Because loving him doesn’t just mean risking my heart.
It means risking the family I never meant to need.

Lonesome Heart is an emotional romance about a single dad, a guarded country music star, and the woman who walks into his home when everything is falling apart. It includes both parts of the duet: Fallen Legend and Rising Star.

Tropes and themes:
Single dad, nanny romance, age gap, close proximity, emotional romance, found family, second chance at love