Love brews where coffee steams and hammers swing.

Aurora has spent years working to step out of her father’s shadow and owning a Coffee Loft franchise is the pinnacle of her dreams. Her latest venture—a collaboration with her friend Lacey to add an early learning play center—seems like the perfect way to make her mark.

That is, until Bradley, her father’s contractor, shows up on the job.

Bradley’s back in town, eager to rekindle his friendship with Aurora, his sixth-grade crush. He’s happy to take on the project of remodeling her store, hoping to see if the girl he once knew could be the one. But Aurora can’t forget the childhood teasing that made her life miserable, and getting close to Bradley is anything but easy.

When an unexpected encounter with the girl who made her school years a nightmare sheds new light on the past, Aurora begins to question her assumptions about Bradley.

Can she let go of old wounds and open her heart to the possibility of love?