Part of Springbrook Hills
First published 2021
Hunter Hutchins built Beaten Path, his outdoor recreation company, by keeping his head down and his eyes on the work. When his father gets sick, he leaves the city and moves into his sister's house in Springbrook Hills, the small town he spent years trying to leave behind. He tells himself it is temporary. Then he meets Hannah Keller, the nanny looking after his sister's kids, and temporary starts to feel complicated. Hannah watched her family fall apart growing up and made herself a promise: she will not settle, and she will not repeat her mother's mistakes. The gruff, distracted man staying in the guest room is exactly the kind of person she should avoid. Hunter keeps drifting away from his spreadsheets and his quarterly goals every time Hannah walks into a room, and Hannah keeps noticing things about him she would rather not notice. Both of them have reasons to keep their distance. Neither of them is doing a very good job of it. The Distraction is the first book in the Springbrook Hills series, a forced proximity grumpy sunshine romance with explicit content and a happily ever after. Intended for readers 18 and older.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, heartfelt, intimate, slow-burn
Tropes: forced-proximity, grumpy-sunshine, second-chance-romance
Setting: Springbrook Hills
314 pages · Paperback · Morgan Elizabeth
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content