The Black Alcove Series: The Complete Collection

JUST ONE KISS

I don't make a habit of slapping men after I kiss them, I swear. It only happened that one time. With him. Honestly, he was a summer crush gone bad and a part of me thought I'd never see him again, and yet today, seven years later, he's about to become my boss.

*shakes head*

Did I mention that we can't stand each other AND that he's renting the house across the street from me? No. Well, there you go. I think it goes without saying that balancing my work life and my final semester of college is going to go super swell.

*sigh*

It's fine. I can handle this. So what if he looks like Mr. July in a fireman's calendar everything is going to be fine.

Afterall, it's not like I'm still crushing on him am I?

JUST ONE NIGHT

Running away doesn't help. Trust me, I would know. I tried it last year and yeah, nope, everything I was trying to get away from was waiting for me when I got back.

*lets out a breath*

Girl boss goals have been my entire life and now that I'm about to open my own bar, that goal is closer than ever.

And yet, the guy, THE GUY, is about to be hundreds of miles away from me after I move.

*groans*

This would happen this way, you know? We finally had it right. The feelings, the timing, the kissing. Everything was just perfect. Till it wasn't.

Distance makes the heart grow fonder. Boo! No, no it doesn't. It makes the heart hurt. More specifically, it makes mine hurt.

*curls up on bed*

Maybe

*wipes away tears*

We weren't meant to be.

JUST ONE TOUCH

"Hi, I'm Alexis, your sister."

Ew, no. Scratch that.

"Hey yo "

*palms forehead*

Oh god, I'm losing it.

For months, my confidence has been high on how I was going to approach the brother I'd been separated from as a child. The plan I'd made was smooth.

Do you know what wasn't in those plans? Falling for my brother's best friend.

*closes eyes and counts to ten*

Do you know what else I didn't plan for? Not telling said best friend who I am. Nope, I settled with the mysterious new girl next door.

I played the floor is lava with his kid once. Yep, my brother's best friend/the hottie across the hall is a single dad and do you know what's worse than dancing around fake hot coals with a kid? It's wondering who's going to find out who I am first. The guy I'm fooling around with or my brother. In the end, I think I'm going to get burned either way.

JUST ONE MOMENT

My mug shot didn't turn out as great as I thought it would. I probably should have smiled. Maybe I would have if I had actually committed the crime.

Instead, I'm the walking billboard of someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The only bonus of being accused of vandalism is that the owner's mom has taken pity on me and thanks to her I will now have a place to sleep tonight, and well, all the nights until the bookstore that was destroyed is back up and running.

Living in a bookstore sounds like a dream, and it would be, if the owner's son wasn't such a jerk. All things considered, I'm a nice person, but this guy *rolls eyes* is the absolute worst and working with him day after day is going to be my biggest challenge yet.

Or, okay, my biggest struggle might actually be ignoring how attracted I am to him. I mean come on, he is a broody college guy with a smoking body who thinks I'm a criminal. It doesn't exactly scream that I should fall for him, right?

And yet I really didn't think life could get more complicated than it has been to this point.

Wish me luck.

JUST ONE SPARK

I just wanted no-strings-attached sex to celebrate my new job. It was a simple plan that should have gone with zero consequences.

This means the guy doesn't end up as my new coworker, he doesn't end up as my new employer's son, and he sure as heck

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