My Grumpy Fire Chief Next Door by Liza Graham

I came to Porthaven for a fresh start—as the new elementary school art teacher, a single mom, and no one’s burden.

Not even the grumpy fire chief next door knows who I really am.

He’s guarded and gruff, still carrying the weight of a past he won’t talk about. Not the man I expected to see soaking wet, all hard muscle and abs, rescuing my son like it was nothing.

Now my five-year-old thinks he hung the moon. And I’m falling for the way he makes sure we’re safe, the way he connects with Parker, the way he looks at me like I’m his.

I shouldn’t want more—not from a man who’s locked his heart away for good. But when a coastal storm throws us together, the walls between us crumble.

Noah doesn’t know I’m an heiress.

Or that my entire life is a lie.

And when the truth comes out? He won’t just walk away.

He’ll think everything between us was fake.

And that’s the one lie I never meant to tell.