They started off on the wrong foot…

When Nola’s firefighter neighbor wakes her up for the third night in a row with his loud motorcycle, she has some choice words for him.

Once they clear the air, sparks fly between them…

Kayce falls for his neighbor from the first moment she yells at him, and he’s not alone in his attraction. But since they’re neighbors, she’s worried about the fallout if they part ways. Only he wonders why she thinks they’d ever break up…

Author note: this is a sweet, short novella I wrote for the Read Me Romance podcast, set in one of my favorite cities, New Orleans.

He thinks his neighbor is out of his league…

Kyran got into a fair amount of trouble as a teenager, but after eight years in the military, he’s left his troublemaking past behind him and putting down roots. Unfortunately for him, the sheriff of his town has it out for him no matter how much he’s cleaned up his act.

And now she’s his alibi…

When he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit, no one is more surprised than him when prim and proper Lucie Miller provides him with an alibi—one that’s a complete lie. Determined to find out why his sexy next-door neighbor stepped up, he puts himself in danger of losing something he’d never considered. His heart.

Author Note: This novella was previously published elsewhere years ago. It has been revised and edited.

He’s not even close to her type…

Valentine always did what was expected of her—and ended up with a broken heart and a stolen identity for her troubles. Now she works as a freelance artist in the heart of New Orleans and lives day by day, not for the future. Lately her days are filled with loud construction thanks to the ridiculously hot contractor who’s working on her building. A man she’s doing her best to ignore, no matter how hard he makes it.

But maybe he’s exactly what she needs…

Arthur, AKA “Bear”, a building contractor in New Orleans has fallen hard for Valentine, a sweet, quirky woman with eclectic jobs—like posing as a nude model for art classes. But she barely seems to know he exists, until he saves her from a would-be mugger. After that, things change overnight, but she’s still keeping him at arm’s length. Even though he wants to prove to her that he’s nothing like the men from her past, he’s trying to pretend that he can do casual, but it’s too late—he’s already all in. Unfortunately it might not be enough for his Valentine.

SHORT NOVELLA in the same world as Falling for Nola.