“I saw the way you were looking at your friends. I wanted you to be happy, but I wasn’t trying to play matchmaker or anything. I swear!” After a minor magical mishap, Kate finds watering the garden a much more enjoyable chore as her hose is enhanced with new special features. When they have a night of fun, she needs to decide whether she is looking for more from her garden hose or if Adrian is already more than she could have hoped for. Hosed is book 10 in the Kyleverse, a series of sentient object romance short stories. Kyle isn’t the main character, but he shows up to help the plot in one way or another. The stories are sequential but can be read as standalones.