It was a job like any other, In a beautiful city I’d visited before. Nothing spectacular about any of it, Except he was in town too. What were the odds? My best friend, my oldest friend. The boy I’d crushed on briefly in high school We hadn’t seen each other in a few years, But I planned to show him my favorite parts of the city. To laugh and drink together, to just have fun. That was it. But one kiss turned into another, and the night was ours. But was it the start of something else Or would it always be just one night?
It was the artisan cheese I fell for first. Then I met its maker at my best friend’s wedding. Pippa Wallace. A goddess in glasses. We shared one dance, and I was lost. But we live on separate continents, so I settled for friendship.
Now three years later, I’m back in Scotland about to embark on a road trip to deliver a massive Christmas surprise to my best friend… and Pippa’s come down to drive with me.
It doesn’t take long to figure out this attraction is mutual. But it’s going to take more than five hundred miles, a flat tire, and an inn with only one bed to convince her to take a real chance on us. Especially as I’ve got more than a few million secrets in the bank.
Pepper needs a change. She already kicked her cheating ex-fiancé to the curb, And left her family’s expectations for a summer of exploration in New Orleans Now she can focus on pursuing the career she’s always wanted as a video game developer. She’s looking for inspiration but what she finds is him. Derek Richmond. Her college best friend and secret crush. He’s a successful gaming developer, mega rich, hotter than ever, And he’s still the same guy she’d crushed on for four years straight. She’s single and he’s interested. Not just in helping her with her game. Not just in losing himself in her body. Oh no, Derek is in it for everything. Mind. Body. Soul. And he has the whole summer to make Pepper his.
If you love a sassy but sweet southern belle determined to take control of her life, then you’ll love Marilyn, heroine from Mint Juleps & Moonlight Melodies!
She’s leaving her small town in Georgia for a summer of art and passion, and maybe something more. And best of all? This week Marilyn & Zack’s story is totally #FREE!!
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She was ready to become her own woman… Passion. It’s the one thing that’s been missing from Marilyn’s life. After years of mediocre sex and a distinct lack of orgasms, she gets up in the middle of the deed, ending her relationship with the golden boy everyone thought she would marry. A year later she’s ready to pursue her dreams. And her passions. When her cousin Dixie proposes a summer in New Orleans to work on their goals away from parental expectations, Marilyn eagerly agrees. He wasn’t ready for the bombshell girl next door… Zack likes his life just the way it is, especially now that his band books enough gigs to pay the bills. When he needs an itch scratched there’s no end of willing women, He hadn’t counted on the sweet southern belle next door, Or those miles of smooth legs on display in those itty bitty shorts she favored. When she approached him in that shy way of hers asking for lessons on passion, he thought she was crazy. Then he thought she was the best damn thing that ever happened to him. It was supposed to be temporary. Fun. Not forever.
Dixie Covington is a redheaded spitfire with a sultry southern drawl. She loves her family, her small piece of the world and her art. But what Dixie desires more than anything is the freedom to fall in love with a man of her own choosing. So when her parents announce her engagement to a man she’s not even dating, Dixie and her closest friends pack their bags and head to The Big Easy for summer of fun and who knows what else.
Taz Nicorescu is another born and bred in New Orleans artist. With his exotic good looks and skills with a tattoo gun, he has no trouble finding female companionship when he wants it. Taz loves his life just the way it is, living with his best friend and running his well known Ink by Taz tattoo shop. He couldn’t have known a simple neighborly request would change everything he thought he knew about love and attraction.
What starts out as summer romance just might be true love!
N.D. Jackson spends her days wandering the streets of whatever European city she and her husband are visiting, creating new characters and new lives for her novels. Though a native Chicagoan she now lives in Romania and longs for the days she could fill her passport with stamps from Germany, Amsterdam, France, Austria and all the other places she’s been.
Since she picked up her first book at the age of 7, not a day goes by she doesn’t read a page or chapter. Or finish a whole book. Her first novel, Conflict of Interest was published in 2014 at the ripe old age of she’s not telling and she had been entertaining readers with tales of love and romance ever since.
When she isn’t reading or writing, N.D. can be found indulging in her love of all things true crime, perfecting new vegan cuisine and seeing with the world with her bearded husband!
She lives for Foo Fighters, 90’s grunge, curry, Nina Simone & Adele, politics traveling, all things French, any Asian noodle dish you sit in front of her and…cocktails.
Freshly sprung from the Marines, Griffin Powell is looking for some fun. Las Vegas offers the perfect playground to blow off some steam before getting to the serious work of deciding what to do with his life. He never expects that fun to include the high school crush who tutored him years ago.
Samantha Ferguson arrives in Vegas for a friend’s wedding only to get dumped by text. Desperate not to be the only single in a sea of couples, she makes an impulsive offer to the former bad boy she used to tutor in high school: Be her fake boyfriend for the weekend.
Griff knows he’s not the guy for Sam, but he can’t resist saying yes for the chance to get to know this grown-up version of the girl who once starred in all his dreams. Turns out, there’s not a lot of faking it involved. Between the single bed and the endless couples activities, new feelings flare from the old, until they both fall under the spell of Sin City.
Will what happens in Vegas stay in Vegas? Or will one impulsive weekend be the start of a brand new forever?
*NOTE TO READERS: This is a prequel novella and does not end with a HEA or HFN. Their story continues in COME A LITTLE CLOSER.
Men of Misfit Inn Book Review
This was such a fun novella, featuring Griffin and Samantha. Everything from their surprise airport reunion to the fake boyfriend scheme for the weekend was fun and, yeah, a bit sweet. I loved being along as they sifted through old high school memories and realized that their adolescent feelings were mutual. The end was kind of gutting and I am totally looking forward to (hopefully) going along as Samantha makes Griffin work for it if he wants her back.
If you enjoy ➜ Hot southern romance ➜ Summer love ➜ Friends to lovers ➜ Boy Next Door ➜ Artists in love ➜ Sassy southern girls
You’ll love the Rebel Girlz summer love novella series! Hot Louisiana nights for three creative cousins ready to change their lives during one magical summer.
Dixie Covington is a redheaded spitfire with a sultry southern drawl. She loves her family, her small piece of the world and her art. But what Dixie desires more than anything is the freedom to fall in love with a man of her own choosing. So when her parents announce her engagement to a man she’s not even dating, Dixie and her closest friends pack their bags and head to The Big Easy for summer of fun and who knows what else.
She was ready to become her own woman… Passion. It’s the one thing Marilyn’s life has been missing all the years. After two years of mediocre sex, she gets up in the middle of the act and ends her relationship with the golden boy everyone thought she would marry. Now one year later she’s ready to pursue her own dreams. And her own passions. When her cousin Dixie proposes a summer in New Orleans to work on their goals away from parental expectations, Marilyn eagerly agrees.
Check out one or all three books in the Rebel Girlz series, just #99cents each, or FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
If you love small town romance, second chance love, or just a good love story, find my other titles on Amazon (and Kobo!) or follow me on social media!
Authors: Rocelle Allison ~ Santana Blair ~ Danielle Brenna ~ Elle Christensen ~ Lucy Gage ~ Jessica Ingro ~ Kelli Jean and Vanessa Morse
Genre: Romance
Release Date: December 26, 2018 Cover Art: Recreatives
New Year’s Eve happens once every year.
The passage of time—it’s inevitable.
Some people celebrate at home with friends. Many more find themselves at social gatherings where candy colored drinks, a few too many flutes of Champagne, and too-tiny appetizers can make for lowered inhibitions and questionable decisions.
Whichever way you deal with the annual milestone, when the clock strikes midnight, life can seem ripe with possibilities. Especially when you see someone across the room who makes you want to slip under some leftover mistletoe after a round of Auld Lang Syne.
Is it love? Is it lust? Or just what happens on New Year’s Eve?
*What Happens on New Year’s Eve is a collection of fun and sexy short stories from a group of fun and sometimes sexy authors. Or maybe they’re ninjas.*
As you know I really love a small town romance. There’s something about the quirky cast of characters, the charming local businesses and the uniqueness that comes with it that I crave. And sure it may (or may not) have inspired my own small town series, Mustang Prairie.
But I am squarely on the small town romance train and today I’m going to convince you why you should to. It isn’t just the homegrown hotties who protect the town as Sheriff or fight fires and gets beloved pets from very high spots, or the sassy small town girls who love them. Okay maybe it’s some of that. It’s also the opportunity it provides the author and the reader, to get lost in a fictional town and all the goings on of the people who live there.
If you haven’t read a small town romance or you haven’t found the town to capture your imagination and steal your heart, by the time this post is finished you will.
1 Fools Gold ~ Susan Mallery
This was the very first small town romance series that sucked me right in. I found one of the stories for free a few years ago and I systematically read all the ones that had already been published until I was all caught up. It was great and it was terrible, waiting for the next one to be released. Continue reading Top 5 Small Town Romance Series→
Great news; book one in my new Rebel Girlz Romance series, Sweet Tea & Tattoo Ink is now live and available for purchase on Amazon.
You’ve already been introduced to these feisty girls and now you get to meet Dixie and Taz, and watch how they fell in love.
BLURB: Dixie Covington is a redheaded spitfire with a sultry southern drawl. She loves her family, her small piece of the world and her art. But what Dixie desires more than anything is the freedom to fall in love with a man of her own choosing. So when her parents announce her engagement to a man she’s not even dating, Dixie and her closest friends pack their bags and head to The Big Easy for summer of fun and who knows what else. Continue reading Now Live: Sweet Tea & Tattoo Ink→
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