A bachelorette party brings me to the newest club in town, Club Curve, where I may have left my inhibitions at the bottom of a pitcher of margaritas.

Accepting a dare to shimmy and shake my curves on stage during amateur hour, my courage is bolstered when I see him. His molten gaze collides with mine and I light up hotter than a fourth of July firework.

We exchange numbers after a steamy, all-too-brief encounter thanks to my well-meaning friends—because you know—margaritas.

I float home with all my happy places buzzing from the much-needed ego-boost. And just like that, I’m engaged in daily flirty text exchanges with my mystery man.

The fantasy I’ve weaved comes to a crashing halt Monday morning when the new CFO of Harmony Hospital walks into the steering committee meeting and it’s—him. My mystery man is my boss’s boss.

He pretends not to recognize me, but when I see him again at a charity function a few days later, he’s shooting daggers at any man who gets near me, then makes an eye-popping proposition lighting me up all over again.

Am I willing to break the rules for him, or do I end things before I ever get a chance to make my fantasies come true?

This standalone, fast-paced, instalove story is set in my Pineville world and has connected characters to my Tangling series.

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