Part of The Law of Opposites Attract
First published 2022
When Kendall decides to throw a party for every woman her boyfriend had been secretly texting, she expects drama. She gets more than she bargained for. Her ex walks in, the confrontation explodes, and a stranger watches the whole thing unfold. She snaps at him too, because why not. Then he tells her he owns the building where her tattoo shop operates. His name is Colby Lennon, and he is everything she is not: polished, confident, used to getting what he wants. Right now, what he wants is her. Kendall has sworn off dating entirely. She and Colby agree to keep things friendly, and she draws up a set of rules to hold the line, calling their time together "undates." The rules do not hold. Their attraction is too direct, too persistent, and eventually she lets herself fall for him. Penelope Ward's 2022 novel moves fast and hits hard, building toward an ending Kendall never sees coming. At its center is a woman who thought she had everything under control finding out she never did.
Genres: romance, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, romantic, tension-filled, witty
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fake-dating, forced-proximity, rules-to-break
Period: 2022
381 pages · Paperback · C. Scott Publishing Corp.