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Between the Aisles
Paperback
Series: The Line We Keep, Book 1
Publisher Price: $19.99
Publisher: Afterline Press
Published: Jul 11 2026
Pages: 358
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Lena never planned to build a future inside a grocery store.
She came to Bridgeton looking for a paycheck, a fresh start, and somewhere quiet enough to rebuild the pieces of herself she left behind. Harvest Hill Market was supposed to be temporary-just a crooked hiring sign, a closing shift, and a place to begin again.
Then she met Eli.
As the store director, Eli has spent years keeping his employees at a careful distance. Professionalism is simple when the lines are clear. But Lena is different. She works harder than anyone expects, sees people others overlook, and has a way of making the whole store feel changed simply by walking through the doors.
Their connection grows in the spaces between ordinary things: handwritten task lists, late-night texts, quiet jokes across crowded aisles, and a pair of gloves left silently in a cart. Every glance carries too much. Every conversation means more than it should. And the closer they become, the more dangerous it is to acknowledge what neither of them can stop feeling.
Eli knows crossing the line could threaten Lena's career, his position, and everything they have worked to build. Lena understands the risk-but understanding does not make the distance hurt less.
When circumstances pull them apart, they are forced to confront whether restraint is enough to protect them-or whether some connections refuse to remain unspoken.
Between the Aisles is an emotional, dual-POV slow-burn workplace romance filled with mutual pining, forbidden attraction, quiet acts of devotion, and the kind of love that hides inside ordinary words.
This is Book One of The Line We Keep series. Lena and Eli's story continues.
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