The Bad Boy Next Door
Jody Holford
Publication Date: March 20, 2017
Genres: Adult, Entangled: Bliss, Contemporary, Romance
Jody Holford
Publication Date: March 20, 2017
Genres: Adult, Entangled: Bliss, Contemporary, Romance
Shay Matthews moved to Boston for a fresh start…new apartment, new job, new routine. After too many years being coddled by her overbearing older brothers, Shay’s ready for some freedom and maybe a nice, easygoing guy. She wasn’t expecting to literally run into the scowling, brooding, (and unfairly smoking hot) guy next door.
Fresh off a haunting undercover assignment, detective Wyatt Daniels is jaded about life, relationships, and especially happily-ever-after. But there’s something about the independent and beautiful Shay that makes him want to dig deeper. Or stay away, which is definitely the smarter option of the two.
But the more Shay tries to convince herself that her sweet building manager, Brady, is the guy for her, the more Mr. Completely Wrong-for-Her Wyatt invades her mind and her heart.
Wyatt frowned at her as she started to remove the long coat she’d worn
over the dress. “How can you scowl when you’re looking at a beautiful woman?”
Brady nudged Wyatt in the arm, then removed his own jacket.
Shay had a feeling she knew exactly why he was frowning. She shook her
head and handed the coat to Brady.
“Stop it. You’re looking at me like my brother Simon did when he
picked me up at a party one night. I’d borrowed a dress from a friend, and he
lost his mind.”
“Did it look like what you’re wearing now?” Wyatt’s voice was
strained. He passed his jacket over to Brady, who looked back and forth between
them.
“Why don’t I help you, O? These two need a minute to discuss their
wardrobe,” Brady said.
Owen laughed, and he and Brady left them alone. Wyatt closed the
distance between them.
He put his hands on her hips. “Did it?”
“Did what?”
“Did the dress your brother didn’t like look like the one you’re
wearing now?”
Amusement and frustration crowded each other and Shay sighed. “You
don’t like my dress?”
Wyatt’s eyes widened. “What? Are you nuts? That dress is killer. I love
it. I’d just love it more if you were only wearing it for me,” he said, pulling
her close.
His fingers grazed the bare skin on her back and Shay shivered. She
wound her arms around his neck and went up on tiptoes. Her heart was skipping
just from the sound of his lips saying the word “love.” Twice.
She kissed his cheek then whispered in his ear, “I am wearing it only
for you.”
Wyatt growled with pure male appreciation and tightened his hold on
her. “You sure you don’t want to just
go home?”
She smiled and pulled back, taking his hand. “No way. I want to
socialize and meet people. I want to look at art, hold your hand, and drink
champagne.”
The affection in his gaze as they walked toward the curved staircase
made her breath catch in her throat. He
squeezed her hand in his own. “Partway there. Let’s get something to
drink.”
(in no particular order)
Water Under the
Bridge…Adele
What it
Takes…Aerosmith
Odds
Are…Barenaked Ladies
Go Ahead and Break my Heart…Blake Shelton featuring
Gwen Stefani)
Then…Brad
Paisley
Just the Way You
Are…Bruno Mars
Just a
Fool…Blake Shelton & Christina Aguilera
Heart of the
Matter…Don Henley
I’m a Mess…Ed
Sheeran
Like a Wrecking
Ball…Eric Church
Stay…Florida
Georgia Line
How to Save a
Life…The Fray
Hey Jealousy…Gin
Blossoms
Faithfully…Glee
Cast Version
Holding Out for
a Hero…Glee Cast Version
I’ll Stand by
You…Glee Cast Version
Say Something…A
Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
Make Me Like
You…Gwen Stefani
Fighting
Chance…Hedley
The Trouble with
Love Is…Kelly Clarkson
Just a Kiss…Lady
Antebellum
Fallout…Marianas
Trench
Good to
You…Marianas Trench
Better that We
Break…Maroon 5
Wipe Your
Eyes…Maroon 5
It was Always
You…Maroon 5
My Heart is
Open…Maroon 5 featuring Gwen Stefani
Night
Changes…One Direction
Stand by
You…Rachel Platten
Stay With Me…Sam
Smith
I Almost
Do…Taylor Swift
Everything Has
Changed…Taylor Swift with Ed Sheeran
All You Had to
do Was Stay…Taylor Swift
I Want to Know
what Love Is…Foreigner
Accidentally in
Love…Counting Crows
Got
Your Number…Serena Ryder
Jody Holford is a multi-published author who has a soft spot for happily ever after. So much so, she tattooed the words on her arm. She’s a mom and a wife, a friend, sister, daughter, teacher, and book-lover. Her stories have a little bit of heat and a lot of heart. And maybe, some swoon-worthy moments that will make you smile.
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