Did Not Finish

All my life I’ve come to expect lemons. Lemon foster parents, lemon schools, lemon relationships, and now the car I spent my life savings on is indeed a lemon. I am stranded on the side of the road when my best friend sends someone to save me. He is big, rough, tattooed, and everything I have ever wanted in a man. Our attraction is instantaneous and I know he’s the only man I could ever give my V-Card to. It looks like my luck is finally changing. The only problem is that our love is forbidden… because Jack Knight is my best friend's Dad. Big Brawny Mechanic is a sweet and steamy instalove story starring a hunky mechanic and a beautiful college student who fall for one another despite being off-limits.

When my best friend calls me in the middle of the night and orders me to help his little sister, I want to choke the life out of him. It’s almost 1 AM and I’ve just popped open my first bottle of beer. I was looking forward to a relaxing weekend free from the smell of grease and exhaust. I guess that’s not happening anymore. With a groan and a couple of curses, I grudgingly drive to the outskirts of town. I know Nora. She used to tag along with me and Keith until he yelled at her to go home. She had red, curly hair, a smattering of freckles across her nose and cheeks, and the cutest dimple on her chin. For some reason, I half-expect to see some kid in the car, and I even briefly wonder if she’s old enough to get a license. When I finally find her, she turns around and seizes my heart clean off my chest. She’s my best friend’s sister, and I’m way older than her. She’s flawless, perfect. I’m just an ordinary man with dirt under his fingernails. So many reasons not to touch her and stay as far away from her as possible. But…all it takes is for her to look at me like she wants me too and whatever wall of excuses I’ve erected around myself comes crumbling down. Nora’s mine. I should feel guilty about claiming her, but I don’t. I need her in my life. As for the consequences, I can’t bring myself to give a damn. As long as I have her. F\*ck everything else.

“Suddenly all those old country love songs I’d played so often made perfect sense.” Gravel-voiced Gibson Bodine takes his lone wolf image seriously. The tough guy. The bad boy. He lives alone. Works alone. His one love—besides starting a good brawl—is sitting on a rinky-dink stage in a backwoods bar playing guitar and singing about things he’ll never have. When a video of him playing goes viral, Gibson ignores the unwanted attention. He’s got bigger things to worry about. Like the bomb his half-brother’s mom just dropped on him. And the fallout from the memento he’s been carrying around for thirteen years. He doesn’t have time for fame… or love… or meddling neighbors stopping by with casseroles and questions. But one night in a bar, fifty miles from home, he meets her. And she changes everything. In Bootleg Springs—home of the best moonshine and nosiest neighbors in West Virginia—secrets don’t keep. When the truth about Callie Kendall’s fate brings danger home, it’s up to Gibson to step up and be the hero. And maybe find what he’s been missing all along. Love.