Almost Perfect

<p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>All he wants for Christmas is her.</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Dave Richardson's life hasn't turned out the way he thought it would. He never expected to slink back to his hometown of Rochester two years ago and take a bartending job nor did he expect he'd still be tending said bar. Everyone thought he would achieve great things. Hell he'd believed he would achieve great things. But when Vivian Walters walked into his bar wearing that dress on a random Wednesday night . . . things were looking up for the first time in a long time. And they looked even better when he got her number even if it was obvious she didn't see things between them lasting beyond her night out on Sunday. If he wanted to keep a woman like her he'd need to become the man he was supposed to be and fast.</p><p><br></p><p>If there was one thing Vivian V Walters liked almost as much as designer heels it was checklists. They'd served her well her entire life- first with college then med school landing the perfect internship followed by an even better residency and finally her dream job. So far her checklist for the perfect man hadn't panned out the same way. But that didn't mean she would lose her ever-loving mind and chuck it all out the window for a hot sweaty weekend with a bartender . . . right? No matter how good he looked in those worn jeans or how his blond hair curled just so at the nape of his neck or the way his deep-brown gaze made her stomach somersault. And even if she gave in to her purely physical attraction to him it wouldn't be anything other than a fling . . . would it?</p></strong></p><p><strong><span>2025 IngramSpark® Editorial Selection - Romance</span></strong></p>