She reads people for a living. He is the one man she cannot decode.

Cleo Ambrosia has built her career on perception, strategy, and control. As a former figure skating prodigy turned executive coach, she is known in New York’s tech world for her uncanny ability to read people and never be caught off guard.

When she is hired to help a cutting-edge software firm refine its emotional intelligence strategy, Cleo expects resistance. What she does not expect is Dillon Whelan, the one client whose reactions refuse to follow any pattern she understands.

Dillon built his success on logic, precision, and systems that reward control. Emotional insight has never been part of the equation. Cleo’s presence unsettles the order he relies on, and their boardroom exchanges sharpen into a careful dance of wit, restraint, and unspoken challenge.

What begins as professional tension deepens quietly. Through long workdays, charged conversations, and moments that linger longer than intended, trust begins to take shape.

As professional lines blur, both must decide whether intimacy is worth risking the armor they have spent years perfecting.

Set between the intensity of New York and the quieter reckoning of York, England, Mind Reader is a slow-burn, closed-door romance about ambition, perception, and the courage it takes to be truly known.

Written with restraint and layered emotional depth, this story offers a deeply satisfying, faith-touched happily-ever-after without explicit content.

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.

For readers who enjoy the emotional depth and warmth of Katherine Center and Sophie Cousens, with a cleaner, more restrained approach to intimacy.

Content note: Closed-door, PG-13 romance. Themes include grief, complicated family dynamics, professional pressure, and emotional recovery, handled with care