All Arabella Gaspar wanted was to buy some fun sexy grown-up toys for her first time leading her houseโs run, but after one or twoโokay, a dozenโthreats from Magi who donโt think a girl should be a Toy Runner (eye-roll) her overprotective brothers have stuck her with none other than Rhyne Carrasco to be her bodyguard. So what if she had a crush on him once? Heโs made his feelings about her abundantly clear. And she has moved on. But she isnโt above showing the man exactly what heโs missing.
Rhyne Carrasco has one regret in his life, and her name is Arabella Gaspar. His best friendโs younger sister, the darling of the House of Gaspar, and the bane of his existence. Rhyne has kept his distance for years, running from her tempting smart mouth and delectable body. But the girl he left seven years ago is very different from the woman heโs now tasked to protect.
This Arabella is grownโฆand sexy as hell. Self-assurance and sensuality radiate from her, and Rhyne cannot stay away. When an accident in the toy factory keeps them in the North Pole and the same bed for the night Rhyne sees his chance to make her his. It is high time he claimed what is his, and he intends to make sure itโs forever.
USA Today bestselling and Audie award-winning author Adriana was born and raised in the Caribbean, but for the last fifteen years has let her job (and her spouse) take her all over the world. She loves writing stories about people who look and sound like her people, getting unapologetic happy endings. The New York Times onceย called her books "sweet, thoughtful, and delightfullyย filthy too."
When sheโs not dreaming up love stories, planning logistically complex vacations with her family, or hunting for discount Broadway tickets, sheโs a trauma therapist in New York City, working with survivors of domestic and sexual violence.