[Catalpa Creek 01] • The Deadbeat Next Door

One night. One drunken mistake of a night and Carrie Harrison is forced to pretend to be engaged to her obnoxious, deadbeat, inconveniently gorgeous, Neanderthal of a neighbor or risk losing her job. Her boss and arch nemesis has accused her of acting improperly, because Carrie had too much to drink at a local bar and went home with her neighbor. If he’s just her neighbor, she’ll be on probation, but if he’s her fiancé, maybe she can salvage her reputation and a job she adores. How hard can it be? As long as she doesn’t get too close, as long as she remembers how much she hates him, she can pull off this fake engagement and maybe even have some fun.

One night. One night taking care of his gorgeous, sweet, funny neighbor and Cody Reynolds is finding it hard to remember his priorities. He needs to focus on building his winery and proving to himself and everyone else that he won’t fail. His past mistakes have caught up with him and the owner of his dream property won’t sell unless Cody can prove he’s planning to stick around Catalpa Creek for the long term. When the perfect solution shows up on his doorstep and asks for his help, he offers her a mutually beneficial deal. A deal that will work as long as he can ignore the very real feelings he’s starting to have for his neighbor. Feelings that could ruin what should be a sexy, fun role play.