🌹 She came to Paris for work and flowers. Feelings were never part of the plan. Megan Mercer is a marketing executive set to launch a new dating app in Paris. She is determined to stay focused, composed, and professional. For years, her most meaningful connection has existed safely at a distance, shared through late-night messages with someone she knows only through words. A spontaneous trip to Monet's Gardens leads to a run-in with a charming stranger who feels oddly familiar, and her carefully braided world starts to unravel. Noah Sinclair lives for code, not chaos. Observant, grounded, and quietly brilliant, he's used to building systems that hold under pressure. When work brings him face to face with the woman he met among Monet's flowers, he's unsettled by how familiar she feels. Megan and Noah's in-person connection doesn't arrive in a rush. It builds quietly, through shared observations, long workdays, and conversations that linger longer than intended. As professional pressure mounts and old instincts resurface, Megan must decide whether to step back into safety or stay where things feel unfinished. Set against the light and rhythm of Paris, Braided Roses is a clean, closed-door, emotionally intelligent, slow-burn, contemporary workplace romance, where logic meets love and secrets bloom. This is a love story about restraint, timing, and the courage it takes to let an unseen connection become real. Written with warmth, layered character growth, and a faith-touched happily-ever-after, it offers intimacy without explicit content and depth without spectacle. Braided Roses is written for readers who enjoy romance that unfolds in the quiet spaces. This is a slow-burn, closed-door love story told in a lyrical, introspective voice, where connection deepens through observation, presence, and what is left unsaid as much as through dialogue. Grief is given room to exist without being hurried, faith appears gently as grounding rather than instruction, and intimacy grows through patience rather than spectacle. If you love emotionally intelligent romance that asks you to slow down, feel deeply, and trust the power of restraint, this story was written with you in mind. Perfect for fans of Jessica Redland, Jenny Proctor, and Savannah Scott. A gentle, closed-door romance centered on emotional healing, friendship, and slow-burn connection. Content note: Closed-door PG-13 romance. Themes include grief after the loss of a parent, emotional vulnerability, professional pressure, and the slow rebuilding of trust, all handled with care. Missy DeWitt Noah & Megan: they have to opportunity to work on a professional project together... in Paris! Neither of them know who they'll be working with exactly, just that the client can be a bit impossible. Through planning their best friend's surprise, to tender moments in Paris & Italy, Noah shined bright being the type of guy that noticed what Megan needed. The turning point? A two year anonymous text thread between them which creates high hopes for something more. The airplane scene was pivotal, and poor Noah had to hold in what he found out! When it was all said and done, this story was a sweet, feel good romance. The emotional ups and downs of Megan and her grief wrapped up nicely at the end, too. A quick read, closed door, and clean! Emilee Forrester Braided Roses had me so swoony! I loved every minute of reading Megan and Noah's stories. I loved how the romance wasn't rushed. I loved how the storyline flowed. And the setting! Sweet Paris!! C'est magnifique! Paris has a special place in my heart because I took French in high school and in my undergrad. This touches magical, but realistic. And I loved how I could feel the raw emotions and the romance coming off the pages. I cannot wait to read more from this series! Bien joué! Rachel Gruber What can you say about a book that is set in Paris the descriptions are so good you feel like you are actually there . This book is so good it's the second book in the sensibility romance series . Noah and Megan's story was like real life it was like day to day life and not rushed and it was based in Paris who wouldn't want to work in Paris? It's a clean contemporary romance no spice and Noah takes care of Megan. I highly recommend this book. Mimika Cooney writes emotionally rich, closed-door contemporary romances for readers who crave depth, restraint, and connection that lingers long after the final page.Her novels center on intelligent women navigating meaningful work, ambition, and love that unfolds slowly through choice rather than spectacle. Layered with psychological nuance and emotional intelligence, her stories explore vulnerability, healing, and the courage to be known.Before returning to fiction, Mimika published fourteen nonfiction books and spent years coaching women in mindset and leadership. She believes transformation happens most powerfully through story that moves the heart.Set in cinematic destinations such