At fourteen, she wrote him a love song. At fourteen, he stole it and asked someone else to prom.
Thirteen years later, Joel Price is sleeping in Anna's spare room.
Her brother Ethan didn't warn her Joel would be at dinner. He didn't warn her that the indie musician everyone in Duluth is suddenly obsessed with is the same boy who ripped her teenage heart out in front of an entire high school auditorium. And he definitely didn't warn her that Joel's old crash pad is now a nursery for her niece, which leaves exactly one available bedroom in the family, and it happens to be hers.
Two weeks. That's all she has to survive. Two weeks of Joel making pancakes in her kitchen, playing guitar badly enough in her living room to make her fingers itch, and looking at her like he's waiting for a fight she refuses to give him.
Anna has rules. No loud music. No unnecessary conversation. No touching her stuff. No pretending they're anything other than the wreckage of what they used to be. Joel has charm, a guitar, and the kind of smile that should honestly be illegal.
And there's a crumpled envelope in her desk drawer. Joel handed it to her eighteen months ago on Valentine's Day, and she never opened it. Opening it means admitting she might have been wrong, and admitting she might have been wrong means facing the question she's spent her entire adult life running from:
What if he saw her all along?
What you'll find inside:
- Slow-burn tension between two people with history
- A brooding musician hero who's spent thirteen years waiting to make it right
- A Korean-American heroine whose comebacks are sharper than her chopsticks
- A brother's best friend, forced proximity, and one spare bedroom
- A mother-in-law who will love-bomb anyone within range
- The ride-or-die book club you wish you were in
For fans of: Lucy Score, Elsie Silver, and Emily Rath.
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Series: The One Night Stand Club, Book 3 (Anna & Joel)
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Genre: Steamy contemporary romance with humor
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Setting: The Twin Ports of Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Content: Steamy scenes and strong language (18+)
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Read first: Dirty Books
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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.
