Thirty years of elbow grease and commitment have made Under the Hood one of the busiest garages in town. I live and breathe work since my wife died. My kids encourage me to move on, meet someone new, but they don’t know what I know—soulmates happen once in a lifetime, if you’re lucky. That doesn’t mean my eyes don’t work, and I can’t take mine off my newest customer. The friendly, flirty brunette wants me to do a lot more than fix her car, and God help me, I’m tempted. I’m drawn to her in ways I never expected to experience again. Dove is beautiful and smart, she’s also twenty years younger than me. Her touch is like jumper cables to my heart, but can she repair all the broken parts of me? ❤ 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙛𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙂𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙝𝙤𝙩, 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖.

A small town, brother’s best friend, blue-collar-hero, steamy and sweet romance CAM After watching the strongest man I've ever known crumble under the weight of a broken heart when my mother died, I made the conscious decision never to fall in love. The best way to do that? Steer clear of women who’ll want more than I'm willing to give. Women like my buddy’s little sister, Isabel, who followed me around like a shadow since the day she took her first step, and had our wedding planned and future kids named by the time she was twelve. I was spared the agony of her teenage pining because she moved out of town when her parents divorced. Now she's back, and according to my buddy, she's in desperate need of a good mechanic. Coincidence? Not likely. I'll service her car as a favor to my friend, but my days of humoring his little sister’s crush are over. Except, Isabel is no longer a little girl and her days of crushing on me are long gone. She’s all grown up. A self-assured, interesting, beautiful woman whose only interest in me now is to fix her car. Suddenly, she’s in the driver’s seat, and it’s me who’s following her. Crushing on her. Maybe even falling for her… Driver's Seat is a standalone story connected to the Under the Hood series by Karla Doyle\* This book contains content suitable for adult readers only.