On Hold

Having it all is a fantasy, right? Chloe Browne knows all about fantasy. Fantasy is her job. As director of design for the O Spa chain, a sophisticated women’s club trending its way into being the Next Big Thing, Chloe’s ready to take on the world. One baby at a time.

Her home study’s done, and she’s about to adopt – a thirty-something single mother by choice. Who needs to put her life on hold for the right guy when the right baby is waiting for her?

And then in walks Nick Grafton, with those commanding sapphire eyes and wavy blonde hair and a sophisticated mouth that only smiles for her. He’s perfect. But the last thing Nick wants is to start fresh with a new baby as his college-age kids fly the coop. A single father for more than fifteen years after his wife walked out, Nick finally tastes freedom.

But he likes the taste of Chloe more.

She’s ready for a baby. He’s ready for an empty nest. She’s building a future. He just finished raising one. The timing couldn’t be worse. The chemistry couldn’t be better. And neither of them is willing to put love on hold.

The On Hold series by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent (co-written with Elisa Reed) is a contemporary romantic comedy set in the world of the O Spa, first featured in Julia Kent’s Shopping for a CEO. A loose spinoff from the New York Times bestselling Shopping for a Billionaire series, the On Hold series explores what happens when a fiercely independent woman ready for motherhood meets a man whose freedom just began.

Featuring a single-mother-by-choice heroine, an older hero navigating the empty-nest years, and the glamorous backdrop of a luxury spa empire, this series delivers sophisticated romantic comedy with emotional depth. Readers who love stories about grown-up love, unexpected second acts, and the question of whether you can truly have it all will find warmth, wit, and plenty of heart in the On Hold series.