Part of The Law of Opposites Attract
First published 2023
Asher has been stuck in a dating rut for a long time. Then he meets Devyn. They argue first, and the friction turns into something neither of them planned. He wakes up wanting more, but she slips out without leaving her number. In a city of eight million people, he assumes that's the end of it. Then he knocks on an apartment door in his own building and she answers. Devyn is his new tenant. He is her landlord. The timing could not be worse, because she is also facing eviction. Whatever warmth she felt toward Asher after their night together evaporates the moment she learns who he is. Now they are stuck in each other's orbit, close enough to feel everything they are both trying to ignore. Penelope Ward's 2023 novel builds its tension from a simple, uncomfortable fact: sometimes the person you want most is the one you have the most reason to avoid.
Genres: romance, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance
Vibes: conflicted, emotional, intimate, passionate, tension-filled
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, one-night-stand, second-chance-romance
Setting: New York
Period: 2023
337 pages · Paperback · C. Scott Publishing Corp.
Content warnings: sexual-content