Caught with a Marine — Kerry Connor

SHELTER FROM THE STORM

Casey Meyer has spent months steering clear of her smoking-hot neighbor. The rugged Marine is definite fantasy material, but his cool aloofness says "hands off." He's too serious. Too intense. Too everything. But when she finds herself locked out of her apartment on a rainy night, the last man she ever would have expected offers her a place to wait out the storm...

Nick Calhoun knows better than to get involved with a neighbor. He's done his best to keep his distance from the women in the building--especially the all-too tempting brunette who lives just a few doors away. But he couldn't leave her out in the rain--and resisting her once she's in his apartment may be just as impossible. As the night goes on and the two wary strangers get to know each other, it starts to seem worth taking the risk for just one night...or maybe many more...

Contemporary Romance Novella; 17,000 words
Contains explicit scenes and language