Emmett Ashford wears Victorian waistcoats to work, serves tea at fundraisers, and would die on the hill of proper historical preservation. His museum is his life—the legacy his parents left him, the anchor of his community, and currently, the building that's slowly falling apart while he scrambles to save it.
Then Toby Grayson jackhammers his way into Emmett's perfectly planned life.
Tech entrepreneur. Future-obsessed. Insufferably logical. Toby is everything Emmett despises about the modern world, wrapped in an expensive turtleneck and wielding construction equipment like a weapon of mass disruption. His prototype house—sleek, smart, and completely wrong for their historic neighborhood—represents every value Emmett has spent his life fighting against.
Except Toby isn't exactly what Emmett expected. He's brilliant. He's grieving his own loss. He actually listens during their heated arguments about cobblestones vs. smart sidewalks. And somewhere between community board meetings and stolen glances across the property line, Emmett realizes he might be falling for the last person he should want.
Now Emmett's museum is facing catastrophic water damage, Toby's project has the whole neighborhood up in arms, and somehow they've become partners in the most unlikely collaboration of the century. They'll have to learn that the past and future aren't enemies—and neither are they.
A hilarious, heartfelt enemies-to-lovers romance about preservation and progress, found family, and discovering that sometimes the person who drives you crazy is exactly the person you need.
Genre: Gay Romance
Then Toby Grayson jackhammers his way into Emmett's perfectly planned life.
Tech entrepreneur. Future-obsessed. Insufferably logical. Toby is everything Emmett despises about the modern world, wrapped in an expensive turtleneck and wielding construction equipment like a weapon of mass disruption. His prototype house—sleek, smart, and completely wrong for their historic neighborhood—represents every value Emmett has spent his life fighting against.
Except Toby isn't exactly what Emmett expected. He's brilliant. He's grieving his own loss. He actually listens during their heated arguments about cobblestones vs. smart sidewalks. And somewhere between community board meetings and stolen glances across the property line, Emmett realizes he might be falling for the last person he should want.
Now Emmett's museum is facing catastrophic water damage, Toby's project has the whole neighborhood up in arms, and somehow they've become partners in the most unlikely collaboration of the century. They'll have to learn that the past and future aren't enemies—and neither are they.
A hilarious, heartfelt enemies-to-lovers romance about preservation and progress, found family, and discovering that sometimes the person who drives you crazy is exactly the person you need.
Genre: Gay Romance
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