Well Bred (Whatever it Takes #1)
Adriana Anders
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· 88 ratings · 280 pages · Published: 12 Jul 2024

—M. O'Keefe bestselling author of Everything I Left Unsaid
She wants a baby.
He’s just the man for the job.
I’d finally given up on having a family of my own.
Until ex-con Jake Brand walks in. He’s six foot five of ink and muscle and the farthest thing from a family man. He’s also leaving in a few weeks.
So, when he offers to help out—in my restaurant and in my bed—I cave in and say yes.
But I’ve got rules, strict ones, to keep everything between us touchingNo kissingNo emotionAnd the lights stay off. Always.Except, it turns out, dirty talking Jake doesn’t do rules.
He busts through them one by one and every time, he cracks another piece of the shell protecting my heart.
Now as we’re counting down the days until he leaves, I can’t help but wonder just how much of me will be left when he’s gone.
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“Packs an emotional punch from the first page. The kink peels away the characters’ layers in a way that’s truly delicious.”
—Andie J. Christopher, USA Today bestselling author
Tagged as:
- breeding 24
- working class heroine 22
- contemporary 20
- m-f romance 20
- sibling's best friend 19
- curvy heroine 19
- working class hero 18
- boss & employee 17
- competent heroine 17
- primal/chase play 17
- dual pov 16
- found family 15
- age gap 14
- fighter hero 14
- latinx mc 13
- praise kink 13
- independent heroine 13
- bad boys 13
- pregnancy 13
- alpha male 12
- older/mature 11
- take-charge heroine 11
- secret relationship 10
- fighting/mma/boxing 10
- friends with benefits 10
- angst 9
- height difference 9
- workplace/office 9
- small town 9
- tortured hero 9
- possessive hero 7
- first person pov 7
- caretaking 6
- multicultural 3
- funny 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- miscarriage / infertility 18
- past abuse 16
- past child abuse 13
- death / grief 11
- mental trauma 9
- geography
- usa 9
- north america 1
romance tags
The 'Whatever it Takes' series
88 ratings 3.89 ·
independent heroine · caretaking · past-child-abuse · north-america · first-person-pov · angst · fighters · latinx-mc · bad boys · siblings-bff · mature couple · humor · age difference · usa · found-family · dual-pov · working class hero · primal-play · breeding · m-f
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