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She's got her rules and he's determined to break every single one of them.This new romance novel by Holly Mortimer explores love after divorce, women in powerful careers and how having it all doesn't always look like what you thought it would.I became the Chief Creative Officer of a successful movie studio because of my strict adherence to my self-imposed rules: Keep working harder and smarter than any man.Never again fall in love with a celebrity.Maintain a ruthless focus. Career over love.Remember Rule #2. Especially around a certain actor who was voted Hollywood's Sexiest Man over 40.But when playboy actor Rhett Montgomery messes up his career enough to warrant going into hiding, I somehow find myself playing the role of his publicist-appointed babysitter. And of course, he's more charming, more sexy and more intelligent than I'd remembered and it had been a long time since someone had looked at me the way he did.But I'm older than him, divorced with four kids, and entirely too career-driven for Rhett to seriously be interested in me, right?Besides, if I want to stay at the top of my game, the rules must remain firmly intact, which means Rhett must stay firmly in the friend zone...despite how sexy his smile is. But he seems determined to prove to me that he's more than just a pretty face and that my rules are only holding me back from living my best life.Can he convince me that I can have both the career I've worked so hard for and the love that I crave? Or will I sabotage any chance I might have for true happiness?

I just wanted the women in my life to give me a peaceful Irish existence. Until she walked into my pub and peaceful flew right out the window.I knew the second that she sat down at my bar I'd be adding her to the list of women who knew how to drive me nuts.The current list wasn't long. I didn't have time for long.Between my two sisters, my ex, my daughter, and trying to dig the family pub out of near-bankruptcy, I didn't have the time or the interest to add in dating. I liked being labeled the broody alpha around here anyway. Kept everyone right where I wanted them. Far away. But actress Samantha Lane sat down in my pub and tested every last piece of reason I had left.But after coming to her rescue over and over again, (my words, not hers), I started to see there was more to this woman than I had initially thought and maybe, just maybe, my list had room for one more.Of course, the road to love in Ireland didn't leave any room for mistakes and if there was one thing I knew about myself, it was that I sure knew how to make a lot of those.

I had room in my life for exactly one person. Myself. Until she said those two words no confirmed bachelor ever wanted to hear. "I'm pregnant."Bachelorhood was my thing. I'd seen way too many friends and family struggle with their love life to think I'd be any good at it.Selfish?Maybe.But then she showed up in my clinic with the proof that I was just fooling myself.Gray Fairfield was the one-night stand that would change my life.The question remained, was I willing to give up being the man I thought I was for the man she needed me to be?I had nine months and four meddling siblings to figure it out.

I had a problem that only Special Agent Nixon Rivers could solve. Too bad I wasn't into listening to the sexy, know-it-all nerd.It's exhausting being the baby of an overachieving large Irish family. Trying to prove to them I can make it without their help is driving me crazy. But I haven't met a challenge I couldn't take on.Until I met Nixon Rivers. I'm ready to take my marketing company to the next level and I've just landed the client who's going to take me there.Except he isn't all that I thought he'd be. He's more.More attractive.More intelligent.More of a challenge than I'd ever imagined.We're polar opposites.We're like fire and ice.And the man has secrets, one in particular that I didn't want to know.But now that I do?How can I not want him more?

There were only two things that could make me return from my self-imposed exile. One of them's my baby sister's wedding and the other wants nothing to do with me.I thought I had my priorities straight. Priority number one? Work followed closely by women.Notice I said, women. I'm a one and done kind of guy. Refer back to priority number one. I'm allergic to relationships.Besides, I've been told I'm terrible at them by enough women to know when to play to my strengths.I spent years telling myself my family wasn't a priority until I almost believed it.Now, I'm flying to Ireland to face the same family that's pretended I didn't exist for the past five years to try and fix all the things I've destroyed, including myself.But then I walked into her bakery and I quickly realized that I needed to add Violet McGregor to the list of things I had to fix.I wasn't a good guy to her and she agrees. It was time to put those negotiating skills to good use to see if she'd ever forgive me or if it was too late for us and became something I'd regret forever because when it counted, I was too scared to be the man she needed me to be.

He's sex in a suit and a total jerk to boot. There's even something about that ridiculous man-bun that I can't get out of my system. But he's not winning this time.Rex McDaniel thinks he can swoop in and buy my horse farm with all his stupid money.It's my legacy and no arrogant daddy's boy and his big bad corporation are going to convince me to sell it to them.Not even if he is sex in a suit.Not even if he shares my love of horses, dogs, and children.Not even if he offers me enough of his stupid money to build my dream equine sanctuary.Well, maybe that last one. And the sex in a suit doesn't hurt either. Damn.I knew better than to think I could resist his offer. I should have been better prepared for him but I always had liked a project and convincing him my vision for this land would be a much better investment for him was the project of a lifetime that came with a side of fire I wasn't expecting.

"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong." - Murphy's LawI told her forever, but it seems forever meant something different to her. And now she's back, claiming to love another and needing me to release her from the vows we made when we were too young to understand what they really meant.At least, that's the load of malarkey she was trying to sell to me. If she thinks I've held out for her return to me for this long and will give up that easily, then I'll thoroughly enjoy teaching her that when I offer a vow to another, it's an unbreakable one. She's mine to love and I'm all hers and I'll do anything to keep it that way.For better or worse has never been more true.

From USA Today Bestseller Holly Mortimer comes a small-town, second-chance romance sure to make readers swoon Thirty-eight years old, and moving back in with my parents. That's definitely not the path I saw my life taking.Unfortunately, I'm out of options.Divorced, broke, and trying desperately to launch my career as an influencer, I just need time to get back on my feet. Of course, at this low point in my life, fate decides to kick me while I'm down. Who should appear as soon as I pull into their driveway, but Everett Malone.Ex-best friend.Mister sunshine and roses.The town's hot as hell mayor/ lawyer.The last time we spoke he was dumping me at prom. I need to focus. To get my life in order. But one look at him with that sexy suit and a smile, and I'm officially influenced...

She's got her rules and he's determined to break every single one of them.Clementine is the Chief Creative Officer of a successful movie studio because of her strict adherence to her rules: 1. Keep working harder and smarter than any man.2. Never again date a celebrity like her ex-husband.3. Maintain a ruthless focus. Career over love.4. Remember Rule #2. Especially around a certain actor who was voted Hollywood's Sexiest Man over 40.When playboy actor Rhett Montgomery messes up his career enough to warrant going into hiding, Clementine finds herself in the role of his publicist-appointed babysitter. He claims to have been in love with her from the moment he'd first met her at a Hollywood party, but she knows better than to fall for that line. She's older than him, divorced with four kids, and is entirely too career-driven for Rhett to seriously be interested in her.Besides, if she wants to continue rising to the top of her field, her rules must remain firmly intact, which means Rhett must stay firmly in the friend zone...despite how sexy his smile is. But he seems determined to prove to her that he's more than just a pretty face and that her rules are only holding her back from living her best life.Will Rhett convince her that she can have both the career she's worked so hard for and the loving family that she deserves? Or will she sabotage their chance for true happiness?