Make You Stay

Romance

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Synopsis

Make You Stay is a steamy, contemporary romance that is: ♥ Slow Burn ♥ Friends to Lovers ♥ Single Dad ♥ Feisty Heroine Aidan: I’m perfectly content with my life, until Chloe walks through the door, upending any semblance of balance. * Chloe is one of those fast-talking New Yorkers with an opinion about everything. Never mind that most of them are correct. She also has the greatest ass on the planet, along with a sex kitten smile that threatens to undo me every time we meet. But we want different things from life, and neither of us is willing to compromise. I have to keep my distance, no matter how much my heart wants to make her stay. Chloe: My holiday plans never included a funeral, or the grizzly bear in a suit scowling at me throughout the service, but here I am. Turns out the grizzly is named Aidan, and he’s actually a big softie beneath his shaggy beard. A big softie with rock hard abs. He’s fun, flirty, and dangerously attractive, but we’re strictly friends. There’s no crossing that line, although with each passing night, he’s getting harder to resist. I changed my life for love once before and I won’t do it again, no matter how much my heart wants him to make me stay.

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Author Biography

I'm a bohemian spirit with a New York edge. I believe in big romance. Romance with all the feels. My stories are high-octane romance with a ton of angst, heat, and heart. The characters are bitingly real and you'll simultaneously fall in love and shake your head in frustration over their antics. In the end, they earn their happy ending after some emotional and personal grown.

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Pretty Much All I Can Think About

Chloe accompanies Aidan and his children on a skating trip. They're just friends, and if they keep repeating it, they might start believing it.

Book Excerpt

Make You Stay

We park next to Enid’s car, and she pulls open my door, grasping my hands with a smile. “Chloe, you’re a pleasant surprise.”

“She can skate, Mom,” Natalie interjects, jumping from the truck.

“Full disclosure. I haven’t skated since I was ﬁfteen.”

“What happened to Rockefeller Center?” Aidan smirks, handing me a pair of skates. “Don’t worry. We’ll keep you upright.”

Now it’s Enid’s turn to giggle, hiding a laugh behind her hand. “I highly doubt that’s what you want, Aidan.”

“There’s a lady present,” Aidan argues, doing his best to appear innocent.

“Where?” Enid and I inquire in unison, before dissolving into laughter.

Aidan rolls his eyes, but I see the levity in their green depths. “Never mind. My mistake. Let’s go.”

The girls rush ahead, with Enid and Jeﬀ close behind, as they throw on their skates in a mad dash to hit the ice.

Me? I’m taking my time. Perhaps if I take long enough, I might avoid skating altogether.

“Are you stalling?” Aidan asks, sending a pointed glance toward my feet.

“Yes. I don’t relish the idea of falling on my ass repeatedly, no matter how much padding I have back there.”

His brows raise as he bites back a smile. “I’m leaving that one alone.”

“Smart man.” I focus on lacing up my skates, aware of Aidan’s gaze on me. “You have your camera at the ready for the obligatory blackmail shots?”

“I’m waiting for you to stand up so I can judge for myself how much padding you have back there.”

With a smirk, I push myself to standing, pivoting to give him a full view of my ass. In my defense, it’s one of my greatest assets, and judging by the way his tongue ﬂicks against his lip, his eyes glued to my rear, Aidan agrees. “Well?”

“I sure as hell don’t want to leave it alone now.” Aidan sighs, a grin splitting his face. “You have a great ass, and it’s pretty much all I want to look at.”

“I’m sure I can ﬁnd something else to occupy your thoughts.”