{"product_id":"knot-from-scratch-by-kara-kaminski","title":"Knot from Scratch by Kara Kaminski","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"B0H3F3T95Y\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"6ttuom-oogx7s-7635m0-krylyk\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base 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class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI moved here to survive by serving coffee and lattes. Head down.\u003cbr\u003eThen the same four hockey players start showing up every morning… and the fifteen minutes they spend at my counter becomes the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ebest part of my day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m Petra. I work the morning shift at the cafe—5 AM open, espresso bar, the slot nobody else wants. I’m fast, I remember every order, and I make people feel welcome without making it a thing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMost people buy flowers for someone else.\u003cbr\u003eThis time… they’re for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eI came back to Puckridge to save my mother’s bakery.\u003cbr\u003eI didn’t expect my ex to show up at dawn with coffee… and that he remembers how I \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003etake it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive years ago, I left with a duffel bag and a note on the counter. Miles Ashford — my alpha, my first love — chose hockey over me one too many times, and I was done being the thing that fit around everything else.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI built a life. I didn’t look \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eback.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow my mom’s recovering from surgery, the oven dies mid-batch, and three wedding cakes, two hundred cookie boxes, and a six-foot gingerbread house are all on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eme.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e What shows up? Four hockey players in my mother’s kitchen with rolled-up sleeves and flour on their hands:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMiles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the ex who’s been shoveling my parents’ walkway at 5 AM without telling a soul. Same scent: dark chocolate and woodsmoke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBram\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — warm grin, open heart, steals raw cookie dough faster than I can slap his hand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSterling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — dry, precise, and quietly devastating… especially with gingerbread house shingles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHolt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the beta who talks about nothing until my hands stop shaking and I can \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebreathe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy suppressants are cracking. Their scents are baked into every surface of this kitchen. And I keep carrying their hoodies upstairs without realizing it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI remind myself of my one rule: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI don’t fall for hockey players. Not again, anyway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey don’t push. They just keep showing up. Piping icing at midnight, catching me when I burn out, making this kitchen feel like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehome.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe problem isn’t just that Miles is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003edifferent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It’s that I can see exactly \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e much… and I’m terrified it’s real.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBecause the last time I wanted this, I drove away crying on the highway. And this time, I don’t want to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eleave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e… and I don’t want to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003echoose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKnot from Scratch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e is a cozy, steamy omegaverse why choose romance featuring a second-chance ex, a bakery in crisis, baking as foreplay, nesting as a love language, generous knotting, and a guaranteed happily ever after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Second chance romance with an ex who finally learned how to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eshow up\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• A bakery heroine with flour on her hands and a bruised heart\u003cbr\u003e• Hockey alphas who build gingerbread houses\u003cbr\u003e• Nesting, knotting, and scent recognition that won’t quit\u003cbr\u003e• Cozy Christmas cottagecore vibes with a small-town bakery at the heart\u003cbr\u003e• A beta hero who keeps her steady when everything else falls apart\u003cbr\u003e• Found family built one borrowed hoodie at a time\u003cbr\u003e• HEA with all four — no choosing required\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m Laurel. I run the flower shop. Three years of building it from a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHalf of Puckridge thinks I’m dating a hockey player.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHe walked into my studio wanting me to cover a broken bond scar.\u003cbr\u003eI told him no… and then I told him to sit in my chair \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eanyway.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m Dani. I run Black Spruce Tattoo above Juniper \u0026amp; Rye, and every piece I put on someone’s skin has to mean something. Cause ink is forever, and I won’t bury someone’s grief under pretty linework just as a band-aid.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when this giant, guarded alpha drops into my studio demanding I hide a broken bond mark, I say no. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePick a real piece. A sleeve. Something you actually want.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e If he still wants the cover-up after we’re done, we’ll talk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe comes back. He sits. He lets me touch him for hours.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd his scent, leather and smoked cedar… it gets past my suppressants like they aren’t even \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethere:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNash\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the Rinkrats’ enforcer. Hands like steel, a voice he barely uses, and a scar he keeps touching like it’s vital.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eReid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the charmer who walks in wanting his own ink and turns my studio into a bright spot I didn’t ask for, but want anyway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCorbin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the quiet defenseman who sits in my armchair with a book and somehow knows what my sketchbook \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emeans to me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePax\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the beta with a camera, the one who sees exactly how my hands move when I’m working.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the team’s PR coordinator wants me to fake-date Nash for the charity calendar. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eInk artist, on-ice enforcer, beauty-and-the-beast.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The money will fund the studio additions I’ve been dreaming about. I say \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eyes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s supposed to be performance. Posed. Staged. Safe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExcept Nash’s arm is around my waist in front of Pax’s lens, and I’m leaning into him without thinking, and my one rule — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003edon’t want what you can’t choose\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — is cracking one session at a time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy suppressants are losing. My apartment already smells like all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003efour\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd I’m starting to wonder if the most meaningful thing isn’t the ink I put on their skin… but the mark \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI choose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKnot Under My Skin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e is a cozy, steamy omegaverse why choose romance featuring soft enemies-to-lovers, a tattoo artist heroine, fake dating for a charity calendar, forced proximity in the tattoo chair, scar-to-art healing, nesting as a love language, generous knotting, and a guaranteed happily ever after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Enemies-to-lovers where she tells him no and he keeps coming back\u003cbr\u003e• A tattoo artist FMC with steady hands and sharper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eintegrity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• A broken-bond alpha learning how to be touched again\u003cbr\u003e• Fake dating that stops being fake\u003cbr\u003e• Forced proximity in a tattoo chair, session after session\u003cbr\u003e• Hockey alphas, a creative beta, and a small town rooting for you\u003cbr\u003e• Nesting, knotting, and scent recognition under cracking suppressants\u003cbr\u003e• Reverse harem HEA with all four — no choosing required\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe other half is wondering \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ehow many.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m Clover. I run the little dispensary on Main Street. My shop can help with sleep or settle pregame nerves without breaking a sweat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat I can’t fix is being the woman this town \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003elikes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e yet never quite knows. The weed girl. A vibe. Nobody’s dinner guest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen somebody snaps a blurry photo of the team captain leaving my shop, and Puckridge \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eloses its mind\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNow the gossip says I’m running a hockey-player delivery service, the team’s PR guy is mid-meltdown, and four men keep finding reasons to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ewalk back in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eZane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the buttoned-up captain, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emortified\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e to be seen here yet physically incapable of staying away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the team clown who told the whole roster about my edibles and thinks my blushing is a spectator sport.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eArcher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the winger who hasn’t slept right in years, until one custom blend and one long afternoon in my shop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the beta who marched in to do damage control and somehow stayed for much more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy suppressants are slipping. My greenhouse smells like all of them. And the loneliness I’ve been covering with a good playlist and a smile? Turns out the only cure is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003epack.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLet the town keep score. It was never going to be just \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e I’m choosing them \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKnot That High\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e is a cozy, steamy omegaverse why choose romance featuring a small-town dispensary, a grumpy captain, a shameless charmer, slow-burn forced proximity, found family, generous knotting, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• A whole town placing bets on which hockey player she’s dating\u003cbr\u003e• A warm, funny, sunshine heroine who’s everyone’s good time and nobody’s first call\u003cbr\u003e• A buttoned-up captain who comes apart for her\u003cbr\u003e• Slow-burn forced proximity in a cozy small-town shop\u003cbr\u003e• Hockey alphas, a sharp-eyed beta, and a town that won’t mind its business\u003cbr\u003e• Nesting, knotting, and scent recognition under failing suppressants\u003cbr\u003e• Reverse harem HEA with all four — no choosing required\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMy little orchard is in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eserious\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e need of help.\u003cbr\u003eThen four hockey players show up to pick my apples… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eand me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m Wren. I run an orchard outside Puckridge. Twenty acres of apples, three acres of berries, and a 4:45 alarm I’m already awake for.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s the only life I trust. Trees don’t pack a suitcase. Trees don’t move to Boston. Trees \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003estay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the hockey team rolls in for a community-service harvest day. Almost two dozen hockey players in matching T-shirts, half of them lost in the orchard by lunch. Most leave by sundown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFour come back the next Saturday. And the one after. And the one after that:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEmmett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the alpha who grew up on a dairy farm and looked at me like he already knew the answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGriffin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the team’s chaos, all dark hair and a grin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSully\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the builder who decides I need a nesting nook and just builds it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eArlo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the beta with no biological pull to be here who shows up before dawn anyway with good coffee.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy suppressants are slipping. The barn smells like four scents layered into the hemlock. It would be so hard to pick just one… and that’s why I’m going to choose \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eall four.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKnot My Harvest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e is a cozy, steamy omegaverse why choose romance featuring a small-town apple orchard, slow-burn forced proximity, nesting, scent recognition under failing suppressants, generous knotting, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• A capable orchard heroine who’s been doing it alone too long\u003cbr\u003e• Four hockey teammates who keep finding reasons to come back\u003cbr\u003e• Slow-burn forced proximity in a cozy small-town setting\u003cbr\u003e• Apple harvest, cold pressed cider, and a barn that smells like all of them\u003cbr\u003e• Failing suppressants, fated-mate scent recognition, and pack bonds finally claimed\u003cbr\u003e• Reverse harem HEA with all four men — no choosing required\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e market stand into a real brick-and-mortar place where people walk in looking lost and walk out holding something \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI make love visible for everyone else. Anniversaries. Weddings. Apologies in petals and stems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNobody has ever sent \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e an arrangement… until now. And whoever picked the stems was thinking about me hard enough that his scent is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003estill in the petals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Could it be one of the four hockey players paying attention to me:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTobias\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the forward with a quick smile.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the center with watchful eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMilo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the beta goalie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSoren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the deliberate defenseman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy suppressants are slipping. My shop smells like four scents I can’t stop thinking about. And every Friday a new arrangement appears, soaked in pheromones, saying things in flowers no one \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ehas ever said to me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m going to figure out which one of them it is… and then I’m going to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eclaim them all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKnot Just Flowers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e is a cozy, steamy omegaverse why choose romance featuring a small-town florist, slow-burn pheromone heat, fated-mate scent recognition, nesting, generous knotting, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• A florist heroine who reads people in petals\u003cbr\u003e• Four hockey men slowly falling for the same woman\u003cbr\u003e• Anonymous secret-admirer arrangements with hidden meanings\u003cbr\u003e• Failing suppressants, fated-mate scent recognition, generous knotting\u003cbr\u003e• Cozy small-town setting\u003cbr\u003e• Nesting, pack bonds, and reverse harem HEA with all four men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNobody here knows me. That’s the point. I came to start clean, one shift at a time, a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"rkwh36-d7qiwb-xsydvu-n27he5\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMy knitting shop is simple, classic, homespun.\u003cbr\u003eThen four hockey players walked in… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eand unraveled me.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’m Gemma. I run a yarn and fiber arts store on a side street. Walls of yarn organized by color, a kettle always on, a community table where half the town learned to make something with their hands.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI take care of everyone. That’s the deal. They come in lost and leave with a project to work on and a cup of tea, and the warmth I build all day goes home with them. I’ve never once asked anyone to leave warmth behind for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen a six-foot-three defenseman signs up for the beginner knitting class. I put my hands over his to guide the stitch. My scent spikes. His pupils blow wide. Neither of us says a word about it. The following Thursday, three more show up:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eEverett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the quiet defenseman with hands too big for the needles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVaughn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the forward who came to mock his teammates and stayed to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ecompete\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRonan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the center who notices when I haven’t eaten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThatcher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the beta goalie who fixes the wobbly shelf like it’s his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ejob\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy suppressants are slipping. The shop smells like four scents layered into the wool. I start knitting things for them—a scarf in the blue of one man’s eyes, gloves the second one didn’t ask for, a hat for the third, wrist warmers for the fourth—and I don’t notice that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emy scent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is soaking into every fiber.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pack figures out what I’m doing before I do. And then they start giving \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Which one is going to unmake me? Not just one… \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eall of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKnot Unraveled\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e is a cozy, steamy omegaverse why choose romance featuring a small-town yarn shop, slow-burn pheromone proximity, knitting-as-nesting, fated-mate scent recognition, generous knotting, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePerfect for readers who love:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• A nurturing heroine who gives until she forgets to receive\u003cbr\u003e• Four hockey men crammed around a community table with needles too small for their hands\u003cbr\u003e• Handmade gifts that secretly say \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Failing suppressants, fated-mate scent recognition, generous knotting\u003cbr\u003e• Cozy small-town setting with tea and merino in the air\u003cbr\u003e• Nesting, pack bonds, and reverse harem HEA with all four men\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003ca role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-collapse\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead less\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"refreshable_ppd-center_21\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"refreshable_ppd-center_21\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"refreshable_ppd-center_21\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"refreshable_ppd-center_21\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"refreshable_ppd-center_21\" data-csa-c-id=\"2t8b5w-2dxu5y-6ig03f-3qbr3i\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"hushpuppyUpsell_Ebooks\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_Ebooks\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"hushpuppyUpsell_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"e7sko6-3icyrz-co9irw-1s5rhw\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"3yeh5u-42cov3-5xm7ph-l1fkzt\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-3\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_2\" data-csa-c-id=\"ylhm1i-5crgc3-7zpsdt-6ueyrw\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstancevE0Aiemay2aA_bweEe-P9g\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_2\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003end I wasn’t looking for anything but quiet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the players started coming in. Same time. Same booth. Same orders. By the end of my first week I had them memorized:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eStellan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the one already at the counter before dawn, black coffee, both hands around the cup.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eColby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the one with the ridiculous order that changes every week just to keep me talking.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHolden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the one who never says much but clears the ice off my sidewalk before the sun’s up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRafferty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—the beta who knows everyone and somehow gets me involved with the whole town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy suppressants are slipping. The booth smells like four scents I can’t stop noticing. And seeing them each day is turning into the one thing I never let myself want—a place that feels \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003elike home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI’ve spent my whole life \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003epassing through\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This time, I want to stay. 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