All I Want

<p><em><strong>She built walls. He lived by rules. Sharing a hallway made it impossible to keep either.</strong></em></p><p>Sidney Miller has one rule: don't want what you can lose. Grief taught her that.<br>Gavin Rogers lives by rules too-three dates no exceptions-until the woman in 17A keeps ruining his plans.</p><p>By day they're just neighbors in a San Francisco high-rise-Santaland shifts misdelivered mail quiet hallway conversations that feel too much like hope. By night the walls between their apartments (and their hearts) get thinner... until the one thing Sidney swore she wouldn't do-attach-collides with the one thing Gavin swore he couldn't-stay.</p><p>When December ends Sidney chooses what might save her: a job in Holiday Oregon a cedar-and-cinnamon small town where porch lights burn late the vet knows everyone's pets by name and winter gives people permission to begin again. In Holiday she learns how to live without the armor. Back in San Francisco Gavin has to decide whether his rules protect him-or keep him lonely.</p><p>They found each other as neighbors. To earn a future they'll have to find themselves first.</p><p>Trope check: neighbors-to-lovers • forced proximity • big feelings • grief-to-healing • small-town holiday vibes • open door • HEA</p><p>For returning readers: This Definitive Edition (2025) is rewritten and expanded with new and re-sequenced chapters an updated holiday timeline a brand-new finale and two all-new epilogues-now presented as one seamless novel. Two bonus epilogues are also available by email.</p>