Soft Focus

Isabel Archer, a meticulously organized and highly successful interior designer, finds her life meticulously constructed facade crumbling when she inherits not just a charmingly dilapidated house, but also a struggling collectible toy company from her free-spirited Aunt Mattie. The inheritance comes with an unusual and infuriating condition: she must co-manage the business with the intensely private and notoriously enigmatic Joshua Gage, Mattie's former business partner. Joshua, a man whose quiet intensity hides a myriad of secrets and a fierce protective streak, views Isabel as nothing more than a dilettante threatening Mattie's legacy. Conversely, Isabel sees him as an annoyingly rigid control freak. Forced into an uneasy alliance by a binding business contract, they are thrust into close proximity, uncovering not only corporate intrigue and the precarious finances of the toy company but also unsettling questions surrounding Mattie's unexpected death. As "accidents" begin to plague their joint venture, a powerful, undeniable attraction ignites between them, challenging their preconceptions. They must learn to trust each other, risking both their lives and their hearts, to solve the deepening mystery and build a future that neither could have anticipated. This unexpected partnership, forged under pressure, proves that love can bloom even in the most contentious of circumstances.