The Rules of Dating a Younger Man

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>From <em>New York Times </em>bestselling authors Vi Keeland and Penelope Ward comes a new standalone romance.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I was the last of my group of friends to find the one.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The guys would always tease me that I needed to hurry up and settle down. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But I was in no rush. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Until I met someone worth rushing for.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Alex was one of the weekend volunteers at </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ryan's House</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-a charity I founded to build housing near hospitals.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Little did I know she was the same person I'd been arguing with over email before the project started. At the time I'd thought Alex was a </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>dude</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In reality? She was a smoking hot blonde who captivated me from the moment we met in person.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Our chemistry was off the charts and I fell hard pretty fast.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Unfortunately Alex insisted I was too young for her. I hated that she felt that way. Because age was just a number.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Not only that her words didn't match the way she looked at me-like she was </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>very </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>interested.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I lived for the weekends we'd spend out of town volunteering.  Alex and I side-by-side hammering during the day while sharing intimate dinners together at the hotel at night. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Eventually the walls she'd put up to protect her heart began to crumble. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Until fate threw us a doozy that I wasn't sure we could come back from. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>If I'd thought our age gap was the biggest hurdle I didn't know anything yet. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rule number one for dating an older woman who insists you could never be together? </span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Don't fall in love.</em></p><p><br></p>