Slippery Slopes Series - smalltown, Romcom

 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐦𝐞. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧.  

With a neon green bikini, loads of snacks, and minimal breaking and entering; I have everything I need for a sensational New Year’s plan that guarantees I'll no longer be overlooked by my hometown of Slippery Slopes.

There's only one obstacle. And he’s a big one.

Owen Campbell doesn’t scare me. Neither do his rippling muscles or intimidating stature. When he’s sent by his boss to investigate a possible break in, I do my best to avoid him and stick to my agenda. I’ve seen the softer side of this gentle giant and won’t be deterred. As the weather worsens, Owen insists we ride the old rickety tram back down the mountain to safety. He really only has himself to blame for what happens next.

We get stuck.

In the middle of a snowstorm, out of luck (but thankfully not junk food) Owen and I have to figure out how to survive the freezing night as things go from bad to worse. But as I learn more about the man who continues to take care of me, I find that we have more in common than our forced proximity. It's getting harder to resist him but how can I adjust my plans only to go back to a life of obscurity?

If only there was a way to keep warm through the long, frigid hours…

𝐴𝐿𝐿 𝐷𝑂𝑊𝑁𝐻𝐼𝐿𝐿 𝐹𝑅𝑂𝑀 𝐻𝐸𝑅𝐸, 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑐𝑜𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑡, 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘, 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑐𝑒, 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 ℎ𝑜𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑐𝑜𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑟𝑘𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑆𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑠, 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑀𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑜.

𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.

As long as I’ve lived in Slippery Slopes, I’ve done my best to be a model citizen in this quirky small town. After a little misunderstanding grows wildly out of control, I need to act quickly to preserve my perfect image. 

And unfortunately for me, there’s only one man for the job.

Despite my attempts to stay away from Miles Asher’s distracting allure, I hate to admit he does have a way of getting me out of my head. It should be simple; he needs my help to finish his job so he can leave as soon as possible and in exchange he coaches me into the person I hope to be. We can absolutely ignore this undeniable attraction between us.

As we work together, those pesky feelings I’m desperate to tamp down reveal more than I'm ready to admit, especially when keeping our hands to ourselves feels impossible. He gets under my skin and forces me to face uncomfortable truths about myself and this town I love. But he has no plans to stick around to see things through.

I’m desperate to be perfect but Miles has a way of making me want to be bad…

𝐴𝐿𝐿 𝐽𝑂𝐾𝐼𝑁𝐺 𝐴𝑆𝐼𝐷𝐸 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑐𝑜𝑚. 𝐼𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑦 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑢𝑝, ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑟𝑑𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑆𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑠, 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑀𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑜.