She’d forgotten what it was like… Dana Jenkin’s job as author of erotic romance has her penning hot stories for the pleasure of others. But the forty-nine-year-old’s ugly divorce and busy life as the mother of teenagers means her real life isn’t anywhere near as steamy as the stories she writes. In a wine-fueled pity party, she sets up an online dating profile, never expecting the breath-stealing response from a hunky-but-much-younger man. He always had a thing for the babysitter… Scott Masters may be sixteen years Dana’s junior, but his hottest fantasies are fueled by the photo of the sexy woman old enough to have been his babysitter. He can’t resist sharing them with her in one-handed sexting that has them both panting for more. Dana writes fantasies. She doesn’t live them. But her fantasies might just be turning into reality now that she’s met the one man whose way with words might just rival her own.

Life is not a romance novel… For romance author Dana Jenkins, real life doesn’t remotely resemble the erotic fantasies she pens for her readers. It sucked being the single parent, breadwinner, trash taker-outer, bill payer, and every other “er” that came with having teenagers and a house. But thanks to an online-dating profile, she’s suddenly taken on a new dream lover for a man sixteen years her junior. Never enough… Scott Masters can’t get Dana out of his head. They’ve gone from steamy sexting to sharing their most intimate—and naked—moments via real-time chat. But Scott can’t break through the electronic walls Dana has thrown up around her life, and her heart. All Dana wants is some cybersex. Some flirtation. No strings. It worked that way for her heroines. Why not for her? But her heroines never encountered anyone like Scott. A true romantic, a man longing for a picnic with a real woman, not an arrangement of pixels. Does she dare to bare even more to him?

From soup… Financial whiz kid Scott Masters feels as if he’s hit the lottery. The woman he’s been fantasizing about, sexting, and sharing intimate cyber sexcapades with has finally—thank God!—agreed to meet him. And not just for a night. A weekend. Yes, he wants to get to know her on an intellectual level, but oh, that face…that body… To nuts… Romance author Dana Jenkinds may be worried about being sixteen years older than Scott, but unless it pertains to a stock, numbers don’t matter to him. He’s organized the perfect date, but Dana’s green eyes and red silk panties have Scott hungering for more than the lavish dinner he’s planned. All he wants is Dana. Naked. In bed. Served up hot and tasty, with the promise of a sweet dessert to come…

It just got real. Dana Mallory has written some steamy love scenes in her time but nothing even comes close to the real-life experience she shares with Scott Masters. On a weekend getaway together, the younger man introduces her to pleasures even the forty-nine year old romance author never knew existed, including a recipe for fruit salad found in no cook book, EVER. Scott has whet her appetite for more than just bananas but now he’s hungry for something else: a longer time commitment from Dana. This isn’t just a passing craving for him anymore. Her insatiable desire is infectious and he’s not sure he can settle for just a fling. Does Dana have the recipe for his long-term satisfaction? Or will a visit from Dana’s past cause them both irreparable heartburn?

Past, Present, and Future Midway through a romantic getaway weekend, a visit from Dana Jenkins’ past reminds her where she’s been and what she doesn’t want in her life ever again. Scott Masters has wrought changes in her that have made her into the woman she’s becoming, and she’s as shocked as she is thrilled. Who knew the forty-something mother of four had it in her to do a wildly seductive strip-tease for a man sixteen years her junior? It only takes a weekend with Dana to make Scott want more from her. Now he wants a place in her future. She’s come to accept that their ages are not an obstacle, but can this fantasy she’s enjoyed with Scott exist in her real world? Is there a place for him in her home, her heart, and her family?