Falling for your enemy is bad. Falling for the man you only call your enemy is worse.
Reece Fox is a decade older than me but I’m his boss. And if the man growls at me one more time, he’s going to learn the true meaning of the Montgomery temper. Yet I can’t stop thinking of him.
After losing my fiancé, I’ve sworn off men, but when Reece does the one thing I never thought he’d do—ask for help—I can’t walk away.
Brooklyn Montgomery is too young for me. She’s not only my boss, but my friend’s family. The definition of forbidden. We both know this. But I can’t keep my hands off of her. When we finally give into the heat between us, there’s no going back.
Only when a little girl shows up at our work, she changes our world completely with one word:
Dad.
Kiss Me Forever is an age gap, workplace, surprise single dad contemporary romance featuring Brooklyn and Reece. Each book can be read as a complete standalone. An HEA is guaranteed!
Sneak Peek Excerpt:
“Brooklyn?” Raven asked, her voice soft.
“Then get him what you think he likes. I don’t know.”
“We have a good daily coffee, I’ll make sure he gets that.” She winked as she said it, and I felt bad. Reece had been nice to me all day, even if he called me Freckles and growled about it. I needed to get over whatever was going on.
I stood off to the side people watching as I waited for my coffees. Latte on the Rocks had grown in business over the years and even during the slower times, there were still countless people coming and going. Raven came forward, coffee carrier in hand, and I reached out to help her.
“Thank you. Seriously.”
“It’s my job. I also put in an iced praline latte for Reece, because I think he might like that too. Just in case. And a few Danishes because I’m me and I can’t help it.”
“I love you. Thank you.”
“I love you too, boo.” She hugged me tightly, and since my hands were full, I couldn’t hug her back.
The Montgomerys all hugged and touched and loved one another. But this hug was different. I knew it, she knew it, but there were no words needed.
After all what did you say to a person who wasn’t a widow, because they didn’t have names for fiancées left behind? Duke hadn’t even given me a name or a title before he had decided to end his life. I could be angry with him for that. And sad. And destitute. And every other word you wanted to use to talk about what you said to the person left behind.
Everybody walked on eggshells when it came to me, and I wasn’t sure what I was supposed to say to get them to stop doing that. I set everything carefully in my truck, grateful that Raven had packaged it so tightly, and headed down the highway one exit to our office. I was probably running late, but they would just have to wait. After all, I was bringing coffee.
Reece opened the door for me as I walked in, and I smiled up at him, determined to be nicer. “Thank you. Sorry I’m late. I got us coffee.”
“Looks like it. I think Lex got some too,” he whispered.
I cursed. “I probably should have texted the group chat. We’re a little off without Jamie.”
“Let me help you,” Reece said as he pulled everything from my hands without even bothering to let me answer. Typical Reece.
“Thank you,” I bit out, and we made our way to the front desk.
Lexington smiled up at me and pointed to the coffees that he had also purchased. “You’ve got the better ones, so we can all be caffeinated. Thank you.”
“I should say thank you. But did you just get me black coffee?” I shook my head, a smile playing on my face.
“Maybe. I was distracted.”
Considering the hickey on his neck, I knew exactly who had distracted him, and I did not want to think about that too carefully. I ignored him and handed everyone their drinks.
When Reece looked down at the two with his name on it, he glared at me.
“I didn’t know what you’d want. You seem like a black coffee kind of guy.”
“Yes, but I’m going to have this praline iced latte just to annoy you.”
“That sounds about right.” I shook my head, sipped my delicious sugary drink, and stared at the men in front of me.
Two of them were family, two of them not, but we had all been working together for years at this point. They didn’t treat me any different than one another, and for that I was grateful. I just needed to remember that.
“Ready to head to the conference room and get this over with?” I asked, wondering why they were all staring at me.
“Sounds good to me,” Lex said. Before we could move though, the door opened, and two older people walked through, as another man in a dark suit followed them.
I frowned, looking down at my phone quickly to make sure that I hadn’t missed an appointment.
“Hi, how can I help you?” Dash, ever the people person, strolled up to them, hand out. “I’m Dash Montgomery.”
The man who looked like a lawyer, briefcase in hand, shook Dash’s hand. “Hello. We’re here to see Mr. Fox.”
Reece stiffened at my side, and I set down my coffee, ready to do what I didn’t know, but it felt like Reece might need someone.
That’s when I noticed there was a little girl standing by the older couple, her dark hair wavy around her shoulders, and a glare on her face. But I saw the fear in those eyes, and what the hell was going on? The girl had to be what ten, twelve?
“I’m Reece Fox,” Reece said as he took a step forward. That’s when I realized Reece’s gaze was on the girl as well, and it looked like his face had lost all color.
“So you’re Reece Fox,” the girl snapped.
The pause nearly broke me, and I wanted to open my mouth to say something, but Reece merely tilted his head, his face still pale. “That’s me. And you are?”
“I’m Bella. I guess I’m your daughter.”
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