She meets Duke at a bar and he ‘saves’ her from things he sees as troubling-junk food, guys hitting on her, etc. Samantha (best name ever BTW!) is in NJ to visit her brother, Renner. I was also looking forward to this book because I ADORE this series! Thank God for PMB (and Tessa Bailey for writing them!). Looking to see what was up next on my TBR had become a chore because everything had been so underwhelming. I had several DNF and meh books in a row. It seems I can count on Tessa Bailey to break me out of my book funks. But Duke and Samantha’s marriage is only for show…or is it? Worked Up She doesn’t make promises-she knows too well how easily they can be broken-and this is no exception.Īs the blistering attraction between them grows, the lines around the no-strings relationship blur. The only way out? Marry huge, gruff, gladiator look-alike Duke-for show, of course. Samantha Waverly’s brother just put her in an impossible situation. But when a fellow commitment-phobe stumbles into his life, getting him good and worked up, he can’t deny his protective instincts. Unfortunately, living with four divorcee sisters doesn’t provide much silence, nor does it change his stance on relationships. Also by this author: Thrown Down, Too Hot to Handle, Raw Redemption, Risking it All, Disorderly Conduct, Too Beautiful to Break, Follow, Indecent Exposure, Mouth to Mouth, Sink or Swim, Reborn Yesterday, It Happened One Summer, Window Shoppingįactory mechanic Duke Crawford just wants to watch SportsCenter in peace.

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