Violet Promises (Return to Coal Haven Book 1)

After a one-night stand following a breakup, the narrator discovers she is pregnant and knows only the father's first name. She needs to find employment and housing, but cannot move into the house her grandmother left her unless she is married. When she visits the house to ask the current renter to leave at the end of his lease, she discovers the renter is her one-night stand. She tells him about the pregnancy and becomes ill on the porch. He demands a paternity test and insists on monitoring her to ensure she doesn't tamper with the results, skeptical of her trustworthiness given her jobless and homeless situation. He requires her to stay in the house while he watches over her. As time passes, she observes that beneath his gruff exterior lies someone caring—a man who planted acres of pumpkins for his cousin and wants to reconnect with his family. She finds herself wanting to be more to him than violet promises.