Enter Ned Collier, the larger-than-life entertainer with a secret mission: to secure a safer home for his mother amid the chaos of his superstar lifestyle. Strapped for cash and determined to keep his struggles hidden, he insists on micromanaging the project, much to Shae’s frustration.
As they navigate the challenges of construction and the complexities of their personal lives, their clashes fuel a magnetic attraction. Despite his penny-pinching and her construction crises, they find themselves drawn closer, the tension between them crackling with unspoken desire.
But can their fiery chemistry withstand the pressures of the job and the weight of their secrets? Their only way forward may be the hardest—to open up to each other and unlock the sizzling connection that just might be the key to their hearts and future.
Barbara Barrett skipped a midlife crisis by writing romance novels at night when she wasn’t at her day job as human resources analyst for Iowa State Government. Her first book was published in 2012. She has now published eleven full-length contemporary romance novels and two novellas. More recently, she has published nine cozy mysteries in her Mah Jongg Mystery series and seven in her Nailed It Home Reno Mysteries series. This book is the second in the “Sullivan’s Creek” series.
Barbara is married to the man she met her senior year at college. They have two grown children, eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Now retired, she spends her time in Florida, Iowa and Minnesota. She earned her B.A. degree in History from the University of Iowa and her Master’s Degree in History from Drake University.
When not in front of her laptop creating her next story, she plays Mah Jongg, is learning to paint with acrylics and enjoys lunches with friends.