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Blue-Collar Bad Boys Next Door
Series · 4 books · 2020

Books in series

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#1

Axel

2020

This book is an insta-love, happily-ever-after, STEAMY romance. No cliffhangers, no cheating. This is the first book (but also a standalone story), in the Blue-Collar Bad Boys Next Door series. AXEL As a soldier, it’s my duty to put others before self. I carry that philosophy into my day job too. Or, rather, my night job. I’m a bouncer at The Pit, the city’s seediest club where I also cage-fight on my nights off. I don’t care about much beyond securing a spot in a regional MMA tournament until one night at work, I see a familiar face—My best friend’s little sister ... He’s at war, and I know he wouldn’t like her working in a place like this. I’ve got to look out for him by looking out for her. Thing is, I can’t stop looking, and I won’t stop—until I make her mine. BLAIR Desperation drives me to work at The Pit, even though I hate every second of it. One night almost goes badly for me until the club’s bouncer steps in and saves me. He fights here too sometimes, and I can’t take my eyes off him every time he steps into the ring. He’s strong and brutal and thinking about his body keeps me awake at night. But with me, he’s never anything but gentle. I want to know how his mind works—and what else he can do with that magnificent body.
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#2

Darby

2020

This book is an insta-love, happily-ever-after, STEAMY romance. No cliffhangers, no cheating. This is the second book (but also a standalone story), in the Blue-Collar Bad Boys Next Door series. DARBY I meet a lot of people on the streets of Port City every day—my job as a patrol cop demands it. But in a city this big, I thought I could avoid her. Harlowe Monroe. The girl I’ve loved since childhood, but never felt good enough for. The girl who I watched fall in love with another man because I was too scared to tell her how I really felt. Then, one fateful night, Harlowe calls, needing my help, and just like that—we’re face to face again. And then, we’re next-door neighbours. This time, I’m not letting the chance to tell her how much I want her pass me by ... HARLOWE I’ve known Darby Cisneros since we were kids, and he was always the shy, quiet type. I always thought he was sexy, but he barely acted like I existed. Even now, as a cop, he hardly has two words to say to me even though he’s helped my family out in the past. Now that I’m single after a terrible breakup, I move into the vacant apartment in his building. Being so close to him and still so far away drives me nuts, especially at night. But now, with me next door—he won’t be able to ignore me. ...
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#4

Maddox

2020

This book is an insta-love, happily-ever-after, STEAMY romance. No cliffhangers, no cheating. This is the fourth book (but also a standalone story), in the Blue-Collar Bad Boys Next Door series. MADDOX Spending nine months overseas at war was—rough. The dangers of war aside, so many things changed while I was away, and now going back to my regular life feels anything but normal. My new neighbour is a gorgeous young woman with a five-year-old daughter. My buddy Rocco tells me she’s got a messy past relationship on her hands, and I vow to keep my distance. But her daughter attaches herself to me after I locate her missing treasured doll—and when her mother comes to thank me, I can’t help but fall for this woman. Hard. I need to come home finally—and she might be the key. ROXIE After a fire destroyed the apartment I shared with my best friend, I tried to make the best of a bad situation and start over with my daughter Lexi. But my ex, her father, thinks I’m an unfit mother. He keeps threatening to take her from me, and since he’s a successful, arrogant executive with a high-paying job, he just might succeed if I don’t walk a straight line. I need a place to live. I need a job. I need to care for my daughter and give her everything I can. The last thing I need is a complication…in the form of a man. But the sexy, smouldering, emotionally wounded warrior next door becomes the apple of my daughter’s eye, and it’s hard to stay out of his way. Scratch that—it’s impossible to want to.
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#8

Brock

2020

An older alpha male, curvy younger woman sweet and steamy instalove romance. Brock I make an honest living as a cable guy. And when a hard day at work is over, I like to keep to myself. That is, until I get a new neighbor in the apartment next door. She’s young and vivacious and likes loud music that gets on my nerves…and she’s sexy and curvy, and I can’t stop thinking about her. Quickly, I find out that behind that sassy exterior is a young woman recovering from a broken heart…and I think she needs a real man to help her heal

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