He wants her company. She wants him gone. Two weeks in the middle of nowhere is about to change everything. Aurora Walker’s nonprofit, Hatch, is crumbling. It’s out of time, out of money, and one bad decision away from vanishing forever. Enter Emerson Hall. CEO. Corporate shark. Infuriatingly magnetic man who wants to remake everything she’s built. His offer? Two weeks in remote Timor-Leste. Aurora shows him what Hatch really does. He watches, listens, and if she convinces him, he invests on her terms. She accepts, but she shouldn’t. Because the man who shows up in Timor isn’t the one she’s prepared for. He fixes broken-down cars in brutal heat, is universally beloved by children (and universally hated by chickens), and touches her like she’s something worth being careful with. He also has particular ideas about what it means to take care of someone. And somehow, impossibly, she’s starting to want to let him. Perfect for fans of The Hating Game and It Happened One Summer. Hatch is a slow-burn, opposites attract romance with sharp banter, forced proximity, and a touch starved MMC who only has eyes for one stubborn, brilliant woman.