A Market for Two

She runs the town market with military precision. He’s the easygoing farmer who knows how to break through her defenses.

For five years, Nora Russo has managed the Willow Creek Farmers Market with color-coded clipboards, straight lines, and zero room for error. Keeping the market running smoothly is not just her job—it is how she honors her late father’s memory and protects the local vendors.

Then Ben Caldwell backs his faded green pickup into stall fourteen. Nora has not seen Ben since their teenage days at the county fair. Now, Ben has bought a farm just outside of town, bringing sweet strawberries, calloused hands, and a slow, teasing grin that makes Nora’s clipboard feel like a flimsy shield.

Ben is patient, capable, and determined to prove that life does not have to be managed with a checklist. But can a woman who prides herself on doing everything alone learn to let someone in?