The Feel Good Factor

A no-strings-attached fling with the fiery redhead who revs my engine? Why, yes, that does sound like a delicious perk of my new job in this new town, thank you very much. I'm coming off a bad relationship, and I have zero interest in anything serious. I've got all the serious I need helping my sister take care of her three little kids while her husband is deployed.

Except, surprise! The sexy redhead isn't just my future fling. Turns out she's my new landlord.

A lease definitely counts as "strings attached," and as much as I'd like to get tangled in her sheets, I can't let myself get tangled up in a relationship.

But as soon as we put the cuffs on our escapades, I learn over late-night conversations in the kitchen, that my landlord is so much more than the hottest woman I've ever met– she has a quick mind and the biggest heart.

Once I'm in, I'm all in. And to convince her that we should see where this goes, I plan on turning up the heat—and not just in the kitchen...

This is Derek and Perry's romance. Tropes include: roomies to lovers, forced proximity, she's his landlord, and forbidden romance.