Dr. Grump and the Nanny Next Door: A Small-Town Age Gap Romance (The Return Book 1)

A slow-burn, small-town age-gap romance where control isn’t what it seems.

I wasn’t supposed to come back.
Not to Hill Country Ridge.
Not to his house.
And definitely not to him.

Dr. Nathan Keene is brilliant, controlled… older than me in all the ways that should matter—and completely off-limits.

The last time I worked for him, I was just the nanny—the one who cared too much and left before things crossed a line we couldn’t uncross.

Now I’m back for a research opportunity that should have nothing to do with him.

But the moment I walk through that door, nothing feels temporary.

Not the way his daughter still looks at me like I never left.
Not the way Nathan watches me like he’s trying to stay in control—and failing.
Not the tension building between us every time we pretend this is still just professional.

Because it’s not.

The longer I stay, the harder it is to walk away.

There’s something in this mansion that isn’t as controlled as it seems…
and the closer I get to Nathan, the harder it is to remember where the lines were in the first place.