Birthday Girl
Penelope Douglas
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
3.90
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 776 ratings · 349 pages · Published: 15 Apr 2018
JORDAN
He took me in when I had nowhere else to go.
He doesn't use me, hurt me, or forget about me. He doesn't treat me like I'm nothing, take me for granted, or make me feel unsafe.
He remembers me, laughs with me, and looks at me. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table, and my heart pumps so hard when I hear him pull in the driveway after work.
I have to stop this. It can't happen.
My sister once told me there are no good men, and if you find one, he's probably unavailable.
Only Pike Lawson isn't the unavailable one.
I am.
PIKE
I took her in, because I thought I was helping.
She'd cook a few meals and clean up a little. It was an easy arrangement.
As the days go by, though, it's becoming anything but easy. I have to stop my mind from drifting to her and stop holding my breath every time I bump into her in the house. I can't touch her, and I shouldn't want to.
The more I find my path crossing hers, though, the more she's becoming a part of me.
But we're not free to give into this. She's nineteen, and I'm thirty-eight.
And her boyfriend's father.
Unfortunately, they both just moved into my house.
*BIRTHDAY GIRL is a stand-alone, contemporary romance suitable for ages 18+.
He remembers me, laughs with me, and looks at me. He listens to me, protects me, and sees me. I can feel his eyes on me over the breakfast table, and my heart pumps so hard when I hear him pull in the driveway after work.
I have to stop this. It can't happen.
My sister once told me there are no good men, and if you find one, he's probably unavailable.
Only Pike Lawson isn't the unavailable one.
I am.
PIKE
I took her in, because I thought I was helping.
She'd cook a few meals and clean up a little. It was an easy arrangement.
As the days go by, though, it's becoming anything but easy. I have to stop my mind from drifting to her and stop holding my breath every time I bump into her in the house. I can't touch her, and I shouldn't want to.
The more I find my path crossing hers, though, the more she's becoming a part of me.
But we're not free to give into this. She's nineteen, and I'm thirty-eight.
And her boyfriend's father.
Unfortunately, they both just moved into my house.
*BIRTHDAY GIRL is a stand-alone, contemporary romance suitable for ages 18+.
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Tagged as:
- age gap 70
- forbidden love 58
- slow burn 46
- contemporary 44
- single father 37
- friends to lovers 35
- angst 32
- new adult 31
- secret relationship 30
- poor heroine 29
- forced proximity 29
- working class hero 27
- alpha male 25
- small town 25
- working class heroine 25
- m-f romance 24
- grumpy & sunshine 23
- cheating 21
- sweet/gentle heroine 21
- love triangle 20
- take-charge heroine 20
- independent heroine 19
- cheerful/happy heroine 17
- insta-love 15
- grumpy/cold hero 14
- other man/woman 14
- sassy heroine 13
- second chances 12
- competent heroine 10
- caretaking 10
- height difference 10
- betrayal 10
- spanking 10
- possessive hero 10
- praise kink 7
- tortured heroine 7
- sweet/gentle hero 5
- tortured hero 4
- class difference 3
- young adult 2
- age play 2
- best friend's parent 2
- in his 30s 2
- dark romance 1
- bad boys 1
- found family 1
- workplace/office 1
- teenage fmc 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- slut shaming 9
- alcoholism 8
- past child neglect 7
- past abuse 6
- abuse 6
- mental trauma 6
- substance abuse 6
- death / grief 5
- third party abuse 3
- child death 1
- geography
- north america 13
- usa 13
- california 6
- virginia 2
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 32
- male pov 13
- first person pov 13
- standalone 2
