Kiss My Axe

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Perry</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You know that saying keep your friends close and your enemies closer? Well whoever said that never had the misfortune of meeting Roman Auclair.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sure he's sexy and wears a corset like nobody's business but he's arrogant entitled and so damn judgemental he should sit on the Supreme Court.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'd rather sleep with a porcupine than bunk with him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I promised my brother I'd help and I'm a man of my word.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's not like falling in love with my complete opposite is possible anyway.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In fact I'm pretty certain I'll always be single.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Roman</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>You know that saying about stereotypical frat boys? Young dumb and full of-yeah that one. Nobody wears that dated cliché more than Perry Attwater.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Except he's a good 15 years removed from college.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Sure he fits every one of my lumberjack fantasies but the man doesn't know the difference between lace and linen. He's crude messy and unashamed about his lack of fashion sense.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'd rather use my best fabric scissors to chop wood than share a space with him.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But I promised my best friend I'd make our shared accommodations work.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It's not like I'll fall in love with a plaid loving mountain man. Love is for losers.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>And I always win.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>CW: mention of parental death</em></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Kiss My Axe is book two in the Maple Mountain Lodge Series and can be read as a stand alone. It's low angst frenemies to lovers forced proximity and snark for days.</em></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This story features an ex police diver who can't stop helping people a former male model turned lingerie designer in need of an attitude adjustment grapefruit slices as a love sign and the absolute worst timing to say I love you.</em></p>