I should stay away from my sweet neighbor, but I just can’t help myself.
I’m trying to turn my life around after a four-year stint in prison. It’s hard, but I figure I just gotta keep my head down and work.
Except my cute little neighbor keeps talking to me, and trying to get to know me, and treating me like I’m not dangerous and I’ve never seen the inside of a prison. She’s way too sweet to be hanging around an ex-con like me. It throws me off every time, so I come off sounding like an idiot in her presence.
When her past comes back to haunt her, she says I’m the only one she trusts to protect her.
Doesn’t she know I’m no good, that I’ve done plenty of horrible things too?
But it turns out I can’t say no to those big brown eyes.
This is a steamy, short story between a reserved ex-con and his sweet neighbor, with a guaranteed HEA. Inside, you can expect: A sunshine heroine and a hero who gets flustered by her every dang time, a heroine in hiding, a protective hero, mutual pining, a working class hero, big size differences, and a hero with a dadbod.
