After Dark Susan — Amanda Kelly

Beautiful model London Dumont does not need another man in a suit telling her what to do.She just escaped one disastrous relationship-thanks, Mother-and now she's focused on repotting her succulents, getting through her to-be-read pile, and celibacy. What she didn't plan for?The tall, too-serious bodyguard who steps between her and trouble with the offer of a fake-boyfriend alibi. Taggart McKenna is the kind of man who uses words like target and tactical evasion at barbecues. He treats surveillance like a love language. Not the kind of man she would ever date-or fake-date. No. But somehow, he's now holding her hand in front of her disapproving mother, making her tea without asking, and sleeping-fully clothed, maddeningly close-on the world's smallest couch while she definitely does not wonder what he'd do if she invited him into her bed instead.Those big, capable, protective hands... No. Definitely not. It's just a temporary arrangement. Strictly tactical. No one is catching feelings here.London's all sparkle. Taggart's all strategy. And everyone knows glitter and gunpowder don't mix. Until they do. AFTER DARK is a slow-burn, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about a fake relationship, one overinvested mother, and the unexpectedly swoony bodyguard who turns just until things settle down into something dangerously close to forever.