Fiction – Romance – Contemporary – Workplace – African American & Black

RELEASE DATE: 11/26/2024 (WILL SHIP DIRECTLY FROM OUR SUPPLIER’S WAREHOUSE)

Shes a preachers daughter, a runaway bride and now the (not quite) qualified nanny for a sexy tattoo artist with a beautiful daughterand a dirty mouth.

Whats a bad boy to do with a woman like her?

Everything

Aaliyah Montgomery isnt just ditching her wedding. Shes also fleeing her suffocating small town and her familys expectations. Shes got plansfor college, for finding herself. But landing a job in Chicago that fits her schedule isnt easy. Good thing Von Howard is desperate to find a live-in nanny. Bad thing that hes a gritty, grumpy, gorgeous tattoo artist carrying as much baggage as he has ink.

Vons new hire is inexperienced and a fire hazard in the kitchen. Shes also all thick curls, thicker curves, and a distracting mix of innocence and sensuality. After the upheaval of a divorce, he just needs a nanny, not a sneaky link. Meanwhile, Aaliyah is bonding with his seven-year-old and showing an unexpected flair for tattoo art. Who could resist?

Yet deep down, Aaliyahs still runningfrom her feelings and her fear of losing herself to someone elses expectations again. Even as their pasts return to haunt them, their undeniable heat says maybe its time to stand and fight for a love they didnt see coming.

AUTHOR BIO:

USA TODAYbestselling author Naima Simone writes romance with heart, humor and heat. Her books have been featured inThe Washington PostandEntertainment Weekly, and described as balancing “crackling, electric love scenes with exquisitely rendered characters caught in emotional turmoil.” She is wife to Superman, and mom to the most awesome kids ever. They live in perfect, domestically challenged bliss in the southern US.