As a woman plumber, I’m used to men being jerks to me—but I can give as good as I get. So, when I get called to the mansion of a billionaire with a bad reputation, I’m prepared to go in, do the best fix he’s ever seen, and get on with my day. But nothing prepares me for the man I meet inside. He’s no pampered playboy—he’s a grumpy, bearded recluse who hates the world and everything in it. But when he looks at me with those stormy green eyes, I see the pain he’s hiding. Maybe he isn’t the beast everyone says he is. Maybe somewhere in there is a prince. Plunged is book one in Claire Wilder's Heartbreaker Trades series, following women in trades and the men who love them. This grumpy sunshine billionaire hero story will rip your heart out and put it back together again with a Happily Ever After for the ages.

A Steamy Small-Town Age Gap Novella When my grumpy silver-fox boss invites me to join him at a career-catapulting conference over the holidays, I'm thrilled. While I love my job, his caveman attitude stings—especially because he seems to give it only to me. This conference will be the perfect chance to network with new potential employers, while showing my boss just what he’ll be missing when I quit. Except spending a whole weekend with my boss is showing me there might be a reason why he’s so grumpy: his decidedly unbosslike feelings for me.

Two pink lines on a stick. Not the ideal way to end a work conference. Neither is what happens when I break the news to the guy I spent the night of my life with: our email chain goes silent. The worst part? I should have known better. I’ve been here before, and have a perpetually pissed-off 15-year-old son to prove it. I’m pissed off too. But I’m also not the naive 20-year-old apprentice I once was. I’m a master electrician and seasoned single mom. This will be the do-over I always wanted, no man required—or permitted in my life. Ever again. Then I collide with one on the sidewalk. He’s gracious enough, but when he turns around and those achingly familiar ice-blue eyes meet mine, my stomach hits the pavement. Sam is as handsome as I remember. But the smile that made me reel that night is nowhere to be seen as he takes in the ten-month-old in my stroller—and sees his own eyes staring back at him. But between his shock, a new limp, and that happy-go-lucky demeanour I remember vanished, my anger fizzles. It turns out Sam didn’t fall off the face of the earth. He nearly died right after that conference. At first Sam’s feelings about being a dad are complicated. But it’s not long before he’s knocking on my door, determined to be a part of his son’s life. We start with simple park dates and neighborhood walks. But soon Sam’s everywhere—fixing holes, doing bedtime, and bonding with both my boys. Worse, he looks at me like being a single mom is a super-power, not a curse. And like he remembers the wild sparks from our night together as vividly as I do. But when I realize Sam hasn’t just fallen for my kids, but for me too, the electric fence I rigged around my heart starts to short out. Sam’s all in. And this family we’ve made is better than anything I ever dared dream of. So why do I suddenly feel like running scared? What you'll find in this book: What you'll find inside Sparked: Single Mom Secret Baby Golden Retriever Hero (with wounds!) Excessive Banter Yearning He Falls First "Get it out of our system" Secret Relationship Found Family Small Town Sparked is book three in the Heartbreaker Trades series about women in trades and the men who love them. This book can be read as a complete standalone.