Built to Last

By: Farmer, Merry

They built the wall between them. Now it's coming down one construction mishap, baseball game, and coffee-fueled fight at a time.

Gilbert

Kyle Jameson broke my heart eight years ago and never looked back. Now he's flexing his construction muscles right next door to my family's caf , and every hammer strike on the other side of that wall feels personal. I've spent eight years building a life and a business that doesn't need him in it. I don't care how good he looks swinging a sledgehammer. I don't care that he still remembers exactly how I take my coffee. And I definitely don't care that some stubborn, hopeful part of me still lights up every time he walks through my door.

I do not care. I'm just very loud about not caring.

Kyle

I panicked once. I let Gilbert Meyers go because I wasn't ready to be seen, and I've regretted it every day since. Now I'm building the shop next to his caf , catching hell from him at every turn, facing him down on the baseball diamond, and losing my mind a little more every time he glares at me like he wants to kill me. Or maybe he wants to kiss me. I came back into his life to finish a project. I didn't expect to find out I still have unfinished business with the one guy I never stopped wanting.

This time, I'm done hiding. The only question is whether Gilbert will let me back in.

Built to Last is a steamy, low-angst MM contemporary romance full of second chances, enemies to lovers tension, and small-town charm. Fans of grumpy/sunshine pairings, forced proximity romance, community baseball, coming out later in life stories, and coffee shop romance will fall for Gilbert and Kyle's slow-burn journey from rivals to true love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HLSQBX4N
• ISBN13: 9798174754607
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"