My new roommate is a hard-working, blue collar lineman–and a scorching specimen of a man–but I swear I don't watch him when he's not looking. He's not looking, because Vaughn Collins knows that I, Valentina Brewster, have never been touched. And him? He's had more than a few rounds with the bucket bunnies. I escaped a lifestyle where religious freedom wasn't accepted, and built a future for myself, when my uncle found me. Now that I've stopped running, Vaughn wants to protect me, and I'm willing to let him do it. But the forced proximity is starting to get to us. I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to hold off. I'm terribly close to asking him to teach me all the things I've always wanted to know. I have a feeling he'll have no problem saying yes… Tropes Included · small town · blue collar · forced proximity · she asks him to teach her · he's only tender for her Vaughn is book five in The Broken Falls a series of interconnected standalone novels following a group of friends who have become family in small-town West Virginia, and the women who bring them to their knees. You do not have to read them in order, but each book builds upon the relationships of the last.