Part of Cocky Bastard Series by Penelope Ward
First published 2015
Aubrey's cross-country drive is going nowhere fast when her car dies at a Nebraska rest stop. That's where she meets Chance, an Australian with a sharp jawline and a sharper mouth, and absolutely no business being that attractive in a parking lot off the interstate. They strike a deal. He needs a ride. She needs help. Simple enough. Except nothing about Chance is simple. They share hotel rooms and long highway hours and a tension that neither of them names out loud. He flirts, he provokes, he makes her laugh, and then he pulls back just far enough to keep her off balance. Aubrey wants him. She's pretty sure he wants her too. But something is stopping him, and he won't say what. The trip keeps taking detours. Each one feels less accidental. Aubrey knows they are heading toward different lives and that this whole thing has an expiration date. She tells herself that's fine. She tells herself she hasn't fallen for him. She's wrong on both counts. And the ending she thinks she sees coming is not the one that arrives. Cocky Bastard is a standalone novel intended for readers 18 and older due to strong language and sexual content.
Genres: romance, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, flirty, intimate, tension-filled, witty
Tropes: banter, emotional-conflict, forced-proximity, slow-burn
Setting: Nebraska, Interstate, Australia
336 pages · Paperback · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content