Something for After

Lisa Gagnon knows exactly where she stands.

At forty-six, she works a register at the local grocery store, rents a room from her older sister, and has learned to laugh at life's disappointments before they get the chance to hurt. Her sister is the beautiful one. Lisa is the funny one. She's made her peace with that.

Mostly.

Then she joins Cougar Connections and meets Ryan O'Connell.

Ryan is thirty, gorgeous, and a bartender in Northampton. Lisa expects one drink, maybe a little flirting, and a good story to tell afterward. She doesn't expect the way he looks at her. She definitely doesn't expect him to keep looking.

One drink becomes a kiss. A kiss becomes a date. And when dinner takes an unexpected detour to Ryan's apartment, Lisa discovers that being desired is very different from simply being wanted for the night.

Because Ryan isn't pretending.

And for the first time in a long time, Lisa has to consider whether she's willing to stop laughing long enough to believe him.

Something for After is Book 5 in the Cougar Connections series, a steamy contemporary reverse-age-gap romance about a working-class woman, a younger man who knows exactly what he wants, and the possibility that some connections might last longer than expected. Pasted markdown