Just Another Afternoon

At forty-three, Corinne Ashford is finally making a choice for herself. After selling the logistics company she ran for twenty years, she heads to Austin to find out who she is beyond the boardroom. Her plan?

A low-key job, a life without the rush. What she didn’t plan for was Vivienne Hartwell.

Vivienne, at forty-six, built her tech empire from scratch and believes success excuses everything. But meeting her new administrative assistant shakes her confidence—some people are harder to read than she thought.

What begins as a spark of attraction quickly ignites into something much more complicated: love. The catch? Corinne harbors a secret that isn’t a lie, but when it comes out, it’ll change everything.

Because there’s a difference between knowing someone and truly seeing them. Vivienne’s about to learn that lesson the hard way.