The Night We Built: Detroit After Hours, #1

Mara Ellison knows exactly how to keep Halston House alive: a tight kitchen schedule, a crowded meal service, and no room for surprises. Then a hidden water path threatens the building's tiled sunrise mural, forcing her to work beside Ellis Grant, the conservator whose charm is almost as disruptive as his talent.

The Night We Built is an open-door Black contemporary romance about earned trust, community power, and choosing a love that stays for the unglamorous work.