The Renovation Clause

By: Zee, Brea

The Renovation Clause
Series: The Binder Files, Book 2 Hero: Oliver Grant Heat Level: Steamy

The wall should have taken a weekend. Oliver Grant takes three.

Mia's kitchen wall has a structural crack her landlord won't touch. She finds Oliver Grant on Binder - structural engineer, does weekend renovations, profile note: "between situations." She reads that as manageable. She files him Category Two and makes a note in her spreadsheet: one wall, professional scope, clear end point. She does not plan to give him a key to her apartment. She does not plan to start grinding the good coffee beans.
Oliver has been fixing things with his hands since his marriage quietly fell apart. He is solid, patient, and kind in a way that doesn't require an audience. He notices Mia's system without knowing its name - he simply notices when she pivots back to the wall, every time the conversation threatens to go somewhere real.
The wall has deeper problems than either of them expected. So does the week. By the time the plaster cures and the room is whole, Mia is standing in a perfectly fixed kitchen realizing the Clean Exit window came and went and she didn't take it.
Three days later, Oliver calls. "I found another issue." She knows it's not about the wall. She says: "I'll be home."

Perfect for readers who love:
tender heroes who show up without fanfare, forced proximity that gets domestic fast, heroines learning to stay, and romances where the most charged moment is two people eating leftovers standing up in a kitchen.

Slow Burn - Forced Proximity - Both Wounded - Practical Intimacy

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GXS6L143
• ISBN13: 9798258004628
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"