First published 2020
Blaire Calloway has mapped out every detail of her cupcake and cocktails shop launch, right down to the buttercream. Then she shows up on opening day and finds Ronan Knight cutting the ribbon on his old-school sports bar next door at the exact same moment. He is charming in a way that makes things worse. Blaire has put years into this dream, and she is not about to let a handsome neighbor eat into her customer base. The two of them go to war. His place hosts axe throwing. Her place runs frosting contests. Every new promotion is a countermove, every interaction a skirmish. But the friction between them keeps producing something neither of them planned for. When a larger outside threat moves into the neighborhood and puts both businesses at risk, Blaire and Ronan have to stop competing and start cooperating. Working side by side changes things. Blaire starts to see who Ronan actually is beneath the sports bar swagger, and she has to figure out whether winning means beating him or keeping him.
Genres: romance, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: charming, competitive-banter, feel-good, lighthearted, witty
Tropes: banter, enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, rivals-to-lovers
368 pages · Paperback · Forever