Late Checkout With My New Boss
(2026)(A book in the Home for the Holidays series)
A novel by Kelly Myers
I never planned on having a new boss.
Especially not the man who inherited the inn I was supposed to own.
For five years, I’ve poured everything into Maplewood Inn.
The guests.
The traditions that bring them back each year.
Then Harold dies—and leaves it to his nephew.
Alex Bennett.
Restoration architect. Divorced single dad. Infuriatingly handsome.
And completely determined to sell Maplewood and get back to his real life.
I should hate him.
For a while, I’m pretty sure I do.
But then Alex and his daughter move into the suite beside mine.
And suddenly my new boss is way too close.
Morning coffee.
Late-night renovation debates.
Pumpkin patches, harvest festivities, and a little girl determined to pull us into all of it.
The more time we spend together, the harder it gets to remember why I’m supposed to want him gone.
Because the man trying to take my future away is starting to feel dangerously like someone I could build one with.
The problem?
Alex won’t stay.
He has plans. A daughter to protect. A life waiting somewhere else.
And I’ve spent too many years learning what happens when you make a home out of people who eventually leave.
But the longer Alex stays, the harder it becomes to tell which one of us is really afraid of checking out.
Late Checkout With My New Boss is a steamy small-town single dad romance filled with forced proximity, opposites-attract chemistry, found family, cozy fall vibes, and a heartwarming happily-ever-after.
Genre: Romance
Especially not the man who inherited the inn I was supposed to own.
For five years, I’ve poured everything into Maplewood Inn.
The guests.
The traditions that bring them back each year.
Then Harold dies—and leaves it to his nephew.
Alex Bennett.
Restoration architect. Divorced single dad. Infuriatingly handsome.
And completely determined to sell Maplewood and get back to his real life.
I should hate him.
For a while, I’m pretty sure I do.
But then Alex and his daughter move into the suite beside mine.
And suddenly my new boss is way too close.
Morning coffee.
Late-night renovation debates.
Pumpkin patches, harvest festivities, and a little girl determined to pull us into all of it.
The more time we spend together, the harder it gets to remember why I’m supposed to want him gone.
Because the man trying to take my future away is starting to feel dangerously like someone I could build one with.
The problem?
Alex won’t stay.
He has plans. A daughter to protect. A life waiting somewhere else.
And I’ve spent too many years learning what happens when you make a home out of people who eventually leave.
But the longer Alex stays, the harder it becomes to tell which one of us is really afraid of checking out.
Late Checkout With My New Boss is a steamy small-town single dad romance filled with forced proximity, opposites-attract chemistry, found family, cozy fall vibes, and a heartwarming happily-ever-after.
Genre: Romance
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