Brooke Callahan inherits a failing orchard and a neighbor who already tried to buy it. Garrett Pike brings a crew, a clipboard, and a harvest partnership she signs too fast. The packing shed smells like dust, old wood, and apples that will rot if nobody picks. The rows are heavy. The diner down the hill is hanging festival posters like the town has time to be pretty. The contract has a clause she should have read twice. Enemies first. Hands after. Maple Hollow Book 1. Explicit consensual romance.