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A 50 States Romance: Autumn

When environmental consultant Quinn Hale is forced into a corporate acquisition, she expects backroom politics and condescending handshakes—not an invitation to spend two weeks at a billionaire’s remote New Hampshire estate for “strategic alignment.”
Elias Ward isn’t what she imagined. He’s worse: poised, brilliant, unshakably cold—and convinced Quinn’s passion is getting in the way of progress. He wants clean data, sleek automation, and scalable profit. She wants people-first sustainability, meaningful impact, and autonomy.
They agree on nothing.
Except the attraction.
Trapped by obligation, snow, and mutual stubbornness, Quinn and Elias engage in late-night debates, forest hikes turned arguments, and one accidental whiskey-fueled truth session too many. But when internal leaks threaten the company—and their reputations—Quinn is forced to choose between walking away on principle, or risking her heart and legacy on the one man who was never supposed to matter.