The Highland Observatory
When Elspeth Gray returns to the Scottish Highlands to honour her grandmother's dying wish, she expects a crumbling observatory, a stack of legal paperwork, and a project that will take everything she has. She doesn't expect Rowan Hale. Sharp, private, and disarmingly competent, Rowan is the investor who wants to gut the observatory's soul and turn it into a luxury retreat. He has funding, a deadline, and absolutely no patience for sentiment. Elspeth has a notebook, a telescope, and a fury that borders on irresistible. When a Highland rainstorm washes out the road and strands them both inside Caelum House, seventy-two hours of forced proximity does what logic never could: cracks them open. A hidden notebook rewrites the property's history. A rare meteor shower turns the cold stone dome into the most intimate room either of them has ever occupied. And somewhere between their sharpest argument and their most honest moment, a deal becomes something neither of them planned. But Rowan is keeping a secret that could destroy everything — and Elspeth is starting to understand that protecting the past is not the same as choosing a future. Atmospheric, sharp, and burning with slow-built heat, The Highland Observatory is a standalone enemies-to-lovers romance for readers who want their stargazing with a full-on emotional collision and an HEA that earns every word. Explicit adult content. Intended for readers 18 and older. Free sample available.