She built a legacy. He stirred her soul. One unforgettable kiss was only the beginning… Arielle St. James doesn't lose control. CEO of a luxury hotel empire, she's spent her entire life holding things-and people-together. But when 28-year-old bartender Micah Black walks into her world with confidence, charm, and a soul-deep gaze that sees right through her, something in her starts to unravel.Micah's not just good behind a bar. He's a born creator with dreams bigger than his current zip code. But the night Arielle kisses him, everything changes. What begins as a mistake turns into a slow, undeniable pull neither of them can escape. Over the course of 42 days, their connection will challenge boundaries, threaten reputations, and expose vulnerabilities neither saw coming. And as the world watches, Arielle must decide if protecting her legacy is worth losing the first man who's ever made her feel truly seen. A deeply emotional, slow-burn age-gap romance about power, passion, and the freedom that comes when you stop performing… and finally let go. Brookelyn wrote her first short story when she was a sophomore in high school. Back then she discovered how using her experience as a teen living in Brooklyn to create romantic shorts was just as exciting to her as retail shopping and going on dates. After starting her first semester of college two years later, Brookelyn's creative writing became more of a hobby and something to do to escape the stress of midterms and finals. Now in her 30s as a freelance writer, penning short stories and novellas is her everything. While her experience with writing has evolved for the better, her undying love for creating fiction remains unchanged. When she's not freelancing, doing yoga, or showing her husband and toddler lots of love, she can be found sitting at her computer desk, with her legs folded, and a cup of coffee (or a glass of wine) in one hand as she types or edits her latest sexy short or novella.
