Birthday Girl
Penelope Douglas
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· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 717 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 68
- forbidden love 55
- slow burn 44
- contemporary 42
- single father 35
- friends to lovers 33
- angst 30
- new adult 29
- poor heroine 27
- forced proximity 27
- secret relationship 27
- alpha male 25
- working class hero 25
- small town 23
- working class heroine 23
- grumpy & sunshine 21
- m-f romance 21
- love triangle 19
- cheating 19
- sweet/gentle heroine 19
- take-charge heroine 18
- independent heroine 17
- cheerful/happy heroine 15
- insta-love 14
- other man/woman 12
- grumpy/cold hero 11
- second chances 11
- sassy heroine 11
- competent heroine 8
- caretaking 8
- height difference 8
- betrayal 8
- spanking 8
- possessive hero 8
- praise kink 7
- tortured heroine 5
- tortured hero 4
- class difference 4
- sweet/gentle hero 4
- best friend's parent 3
- young adult 2
- age play 2
- dark romance 1
- bad boys 1
- found family 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- slut shaming 7
- alcoholism 6
- abuse 5
- past child neglect 5
- past abuse 4
- mental trauma 4
- substance abuse 4
- death / grief 4
- child death 2
- third party abuse 1
- geography
- north america 11
- usa 11
- california 5
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 30
- male pov 11
- first person pov 11
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