Elsie Silver

Working as a nanny for the world’s grumpiest single dad should have been simple. Except I can’t keep my eyes off him. And he can’t keep his hands off of me.

Cade Eaton is thirteen years older than I am and barely looks my way. Until I get him into the hot tub one night for a game of truth or dare. Then all bets are off—and so are our clothes.

He’s gruff, a little rough around the edges. But broad-shouldered ranchers with calloused hands and filthy mouths are this city girl’s kryptonite. So who am I to resist?

But it’s in our quiet moments together that he softens. It’s when he takes care of me that I realize his hardened exterior is just a façade. It’s when I watch him go all sweet with his little boy that I really fall for him.

Someone convinced him once that his best wasn’t good enough. But I’ve never felt more cherished than I do in his arms.

My contract may say this arrangement is only for two months.

But my heart says this is forever.

Chestnut Springs, #2

Heartless

grayson gruber

“Thank you for being the first person my life to put me first, to give me options.”

Sophia

"You heard me." Her lips don't even twitch. She's not joking at all. "Beg."

"It was a joke! You're out of line, and you will not speak another word to him."

Luke's tear-stained face tells me he wasn't in on the joke.

Willa rises slowly, almost predatory in her movements, as she turns and arches a brow at the woman. "Oh, no?"

"Fine." Willa smiles but it's a scary smile. And then, with one well-placed hip check, the birthday boy goes flying into the water.

Willa crouches at the pool's edge, smirking at the boy, who is already standing in the shallow water, angrily wiping his eyes. "Life lesson, shithead. Careful who you pick a fight with. Someone insane might love them."

"You need to leave! Now!" The mom points toward the gate, and her arm shakes with fury.

I'm almost to them, but the sight of Willa knocking a kid into the pool stopped me in my tracks.

"Gladly." She stands, brushing her hands. "Contact a professional if he starts killing bunnies or something."

Olivia 

“I can’t believe you didn’t tell Cade I’m a bartender and not some professional Mary Poppins.”

“No! I want dad to be Jar Jar Binks!”

“Life lesson. Careful who you pick a fight with. Someone insane might love them.”

“Willa might be a bit of a psycho- after all, she did just push a child into the pool- but the more time I spend with her, the more I feel like she’s my psycho.” 

Iara Ribeiro

"The way I see it, I like you a little more every day"

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