They say some things hide in plain sight – particularly the thing you desire the most. Ethan Ramsay had known for years that there was a special someone out there for him – a Little who needed him above all others – he just hadn’t expected her to have lived next door to him for half of his life. As a protector who’d been burned in the past, he’s not quite ready to wager on a good outcome to Sloan’s sudden reappearance, but how can he turn away the vulnerable Little he senses lurking behind her troubled eyes? Sloan Kettering was a woman down on her luck – all because she’d dared to put on paper what she longed for the most. Now, homeless, jobless and ready to throw the towel in, she gambles one last time on the boy next door. Or rather the man he’d become. Chef Ethan Ramsay may have been her childhood friend, but Sloan wasn’t sure how to deal with the man he’d become. Every part of her imagined what it would be like to have a Daddy Dom, but could she handle the reality of Ethan’s brand of dominance? Publisher's Warning: The Little Next Door includes spankings, sexual scenes, age play, naughty uses of chocolate and more. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.