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SweetClosed door

WarmFade to black

SpicyA few open-door scenes

SteamyFrequent and explicit

ScorchingVery explicit

Tropes

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Friends to lovers Single parent Forced proximity Grumpy / sunshine Ranch

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While planning a fall festival on her family's ranch, a woman makes a friends-with-benefits deal with her best friend's widowed older brother that ends on Halloween.

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