Noah by Leigh Jarrett

Underneath that calm demeanour, I sensed lay a deeply passionate man.

Noah
My parents pounded perfection into my head from a young age. Perfection is how you succeed. Striving for it has allowed me to own one of the most popular British-themed pubs in Victoria, BC. But perfection also makes love unattainable.
But as I get used to being alone, a guy named Brody walks into my pub and becomes a regular, coming in at the same time every weeknight, and always orders the same thing.
Brody reminds me of the sea before a storm. The expression on his beautiful face is often fixed. He doesn’t talk much, but his deep mahogany eyes speak volumes.
There’s someone passionate inside all that outward calm.
The sparks are there, but what I eventually discover about Brody holds me back from pursuing more. A relationship with him would be far from perfect. To call him mine, I need to redefine what perfection looks like.

Noah is a sweet slow-burning romance about a member of the Salish Sea Society, a group of four best friends who have been through a lot together. This novel is set on the rugged coast of Pacific Canada and is a story of newfound understanding of the autism spectrum and finding passion and love beating beneath the chest of a man of carefully measured words and silent looks.