I’m in my Contemporary Romance Era
Classic City Romance
Sometimes love is closer than you think.
Ophelia James Clarke has one goal: finish her senior year of college and finally reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, Tanner. Unfortunately, her roommate graduated last spring, and she can’t afford rent on her own. That empty room needs an occupant ASAP.
Morgan Hall is starting over. Again. He’s stalled long enough; it's time for him to finally take action and make his dreams of a law degree come true. The only thing he needs to do first is find a place to live. Luck is on his side when he finds an ad for the perfect apartment with a seemingly cool guy named James.
When they meet, it's immediately clear that neither is what the other person expected—in more ways than one. Unwilling to break the lease and lose her apartment, James knows that keeping Morgan at arm's length is the best course of action. Morgan’s sweet and caring nature only highlights the growing cracks in her relationship with Tanner, but keeping her guard up means she doesn't have to think about it.
For now.
Gage Maher is barely keeping his head above water. The growing pile of unpaid bills on his counter reminds him of that every day. Over a decade ago, a freak accident ended his UFC dreams, and he's been drifting through life with a dark cloud looming overhead ever since.
Kori Wright is on a mission. After wasting her first two years of undergrad alone in her dorm, she's searching for a place to belong. With only a half-baked plan and naive hope, she braves the local bar scene and quickly realizes she's in over her head.
As a rule, Gage doesn’t talk to customers. But something about this woman’s trepidation stirs his protective instincts. Against his better judgment, he tries to ease her nerves, and the longer they talk, the more apparent it becomes that Kori awakens feelings he thought were long dead. Not that it matters—he'll never be good enough for a woman like her, and if she has any sense, she'll walk out the door and never look back.