Dirty Books

I slept with a masked stranger on a Friday night.

On Monday morning, I met my new personal trainer.

Two days. That's all it took for my life to detonate.

My ex called me fat, and my response was apparently to channel every bold, sexually fearless heroine I'd ever written, slip on a lace mask, and spend one unforgettable night with a stranger whose face I never fully saw. I thought that was the end of it.

I did not expect to walk into my first personal training session and recognize his hands.

Adam Foxx is all sandy blond hair, gray eyes, and quiet patience—nothing like the scorching, confident man from that night. There's no way it's him. There's no way the universe hates me this much. And yet every time he corrects my form, my traitorous brain whispers the same question: is he?

He can't find out. I write steamy romance novels under a pen name nobody in this town even knows about. Zoey Cummings is fearless. Carlie Taylor trips over her own sneakers, lives above her grandmother, and is currently cataloging every way her body is betraying her in this gym.

But Adam doesn't flinch when I fall off the balance ball. He doesn't flinch when I accidentally resistance-band him in the forearm. He doesn't flinch when I'm a disaster—he just laughs and offers his hand.

Maybe Zoey wasn't a persona I slipped on for one night.

Maybe she's been me all along.

Dirty Books is Book 2 of The One Night Stand Club—a steamy, banter-filled contemporary romance series set in the Twin Ports of Minnesota and Wisconsin. Perfect for readers who love Lucy Score, Elsie Silver, and Emily Rath. Expect dramatic irony that'll have you yelling at the page, a curvy heroine who deserves every ounce of worship she gets, a swoon-worthy trainer hero who sees her exactly as she is, a grandmother who will steal every scene she's in, and the ride-or-die book club you wish you were in.

Binge the full series: Book 1: Dirty Plans — Lily & London Book 2: Dirty Books — Carlie & Adam Book 3: Dirty Developments — Anna & Joel Book 4: Dirty Games — Quinn & Nico (coming soon)