This book is an insta-love, happily-ever-after, STEAMY romance. No cliffhangers, no cheating. This is the third book (but also a standalone story), in the Blue-Collar Bad Boys Next Door series. ROCCO I work hard at my plumbing business. Really, really hard. Beyond that, I got my dog. I got my buddies. I’m good. Don’t believe me? You shouldn’t. I’m lonely as hell, though I’d rather die than admit it. But when a local restaurant reviewer who’s also the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen moves in next door, that loneliness becomes harder and harder to ignore—because she’s mine. I knew it the second she knocked on my door and asked for help. When a restaurant she gave a bad review to sends someone after her to force her into retracting her article, I gladly put myself between her and them, because I’ll do anything to keep her safe. SELINE Times are tough, and after a fire demolished my apartment building, I find an old, tiny furnished house in a quiet neighbourhood to rent, which is all my writing salary can afford. My next-door neighbour? A tall, burly, broad-shouldered plumber. He’s sexy as hell and a little intimidating at first, but seeing him with his dog shows me he’s a total marshmallow inside. Even though I’m wary of men in general, I can’t help but fall for him and his dirty side. When I’m threatened for an article I wrote, it’s his strong arms I run to, because he’s the only man who can keep me safe.