When you throw the Carpino’s, the Montgomery’s and an eighty-five year old bossy woman in the mix, it’s a recipe for…well…something big. But anything and all of the above can happen when you finally put yourself out there for a single-dad-ex-football-player-smarty-pants-hot-man.

Or more importantly, that asshole would be your reason for being. Who knew a wet t-shirt could be the beginning of your life. Until one day in a burger joint, an asshole practically enters her into a wet t-shirt contest with his drink. She’s never put herself out there, but then again, there’s never been anyone worthy of putting herself out there for. An energetic spit-fire who has some heat to her sauce, she’s dedicated to her new business ventures, her family and a select group of friends. Paige might come in a small package, but she makes up for it in spirit.

Even if it is sassy-wiseass Paige Carpino, who can still be sweet, but at every turn knocks him on his ass with the unexpected. Cam doesn’t have the luxury of time for anything more, especially a relationship. Dealing with his disaster of an ex-wife is bad enough, not to mention delinquent football players and a meddlesome mother. Horrific ones that carry a vengeance so evil, no one saw them coming.Cam Montgomery is a single full time dad who knows his priorities: his kids, his job, his team, his side business. Yet, he can’t help himself when it comes to her, and Jude moves in to watch over Gabby.īut just when life seems to be settling down, demons surface from the past.

Nightmares that are his reality have paralyzed him from living a full life. That doesn’t mean he isn’t wrestling feelings he hasn't allowed in years. And between battling criminals, flooded basements, fantasy football drafts, and her crazy Italian family, Jude also finds himself unable to resist her charms.

With his dark chocolate eyes and commanding ways, Gabby can't resist. Just when she forced herself to move on with life after tragedy touched her family, she finds herself thrown into a tailspin so swift, she can’t find her bearings.īeing cuffed and patted down by Special Agent Jude Ortiz is enough to wake anyone up. That’s what happens to Gabrielle Carpino. There’s nothing like getting caught in the middle of an FBI raid to change your life.

Athica Lane by Brynne Asher