The Neighbor's Son

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Getting dumped was rough.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Losing the baby? Heartbreaking.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Now I'm thirty-six single and stuck in a body I barely recognize.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Clara says I need fresh air and a fling.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>I wasn't expecting the fresh air to come with a stolen cat...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Or </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>him</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Brayden Foss.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>My sweet quiet neighbor.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Freshly eighteen.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>My landlord's son.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Totally off-limits.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>But he's not a boy.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>He cooks for me looks at me like I'm everything and shows up when no one else does.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Even when I push him away.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>It was never supposed to be more than a spark.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>But this thing between us?</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>It's real. It's wild. It's ours. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>A spicy emotional age-gap romance featuring a soft but protective younger man a broken-hearted older woman and one meddling cat. No cheating. No cliffhanger. HEA guaranteed. This is a two-hour read and can be devoured in one sitting. This story takes place in the Taboo Streets world and can be read as a complete standalone.</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>Trigger Warning: Mention of prior miscarriage and body image insecurities.</em></strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em> </em></strong></p><p></p>