She doesn’t need him that badly… Until she does.At twenty-nine, Sera Waring is months from completing a veterinary degree, leaving Los Angeles, and taking her first step toward addressing a mountain of debt. So, it’s just as well that Ash MacAllister—her best friend’s personal trainer and guide in all things nutritional—barely noticed Sera’s existence when he showed up on her doorstep... moreShe doesn’t need him that badly… Until she does.At twenty-nine, Sera Waring is months from completing a veterinary degree, leaving Los Angeles, and taking her first step toward addressing a mountain of debt. So, it’s just as well that Ash MacAllister—her best friend’s personal trainer and guide in all things nutritional—barely noticed Sera’s existence when he showed up on her doorstep.A psychologist by training, Ash reaps many rewards from his career as a life coach, even if his impetus for becoming one stems from a tragic loss. When his path crosses Sera’s a second time, he can’t miss her natural beauty or her icy looks. Her obvious disdain leaves Ash bewildered until he becomes an inadvertent eavesdropper in a conversation that reveals the source of Sera’s unhappiness.With her dysfunctional family’s reunion looming, Sera must address the pounds she’s gained over the past year or face total humiliation at the hands of her sadistic cousins. Desperate, she turns to Ash for help, but their arrangement comes with a client-coach code of ethics, a hands-off agreement she finds increasingly difficult to keep. Because once Sera has tasted what Ash has to offer in the training room and the kitchen, she can’t help craving a whole lot more.**This novel contains sexual situations, references a previous loss due to suicide, and ends with a guaranteed HEA. less
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