Shauna - 26; nurse; lives in home town small town; has always been a “fun for a weekend or a week” girl Micah - 32; restaurant owner/bartender; lives in a big city; hasn’t been in a relationship in almost ten years; previously owned a software company, sold it to find life-work balance Micah and Shauna met on a brewery tour and Micah knew instantly that she was everything he’d ever wanted and wanted to know everything about her. After a month of text messages and phone calls he finally convinced her to go out with him. “Like Nothing Before” starts five months after they meet. They are included in the Woods Lake holiday short story collection (A Woods Lake Christmas) if you want to see them celebrate Christmas in the city together and then with Shauna’s family in Woods Lake (you do not need to have read the short story to read their full length book). Micah and Shauna are the outgoing, adventurous couple both inside and outside the bedroom and sparks fly immediately in this couple’s story. Can a girl who’s never committed to anything more than a fun weekend or a week, find the happily ever after she was certain she never wanted? Content Notes: book contains discussions and references to – car accident; death of family member and friend (not a main character, deaths are discussed and referenced but do not occur in the book); past controlling/manipulative/abusive relationships; unplanned and lost pregnancy. Trope List: bartender; class warfare; insta-love; medical; opposites attract; small town; small town meets urban Excerpt 1: Micah “I want us to be a long-term us. She’s it for me. She’s like no one I’ve ever known, and our relationship is like nothing before.” Excerpt 2: Shauna “Yes,” I requested on breathless whisper. I had never enjoyed being restrained or blindfolded before, but the first time we tried, it was like nothing before, and I fucking craved it. I had always wanted some element of control before Micah, but with him, I wanted to give him complete control. Excerpt 3: Micah I wrapped my arms around her and pulled her to me. I loved how her body fit perfectly against me like she was made specifically for me. Excerpt 4: “We are going to be late. We should stop, Micah.” “Gorgeous, we are already late. We are already stuck with dishes and clean up. Let’s finish what we started,” I ran my hands up her inner thighs as I spoke. “We are almost an hour late. Dinner is in half an hour; we need to stop, Micah.” “We’re stopping, but we will continue after we get home.”