Passion this hot canât be fakedâ¦
All revved up for bright lights and steamy nights, writer Veronica Chandler chased her dreams to New York City. When she hit a dead end, reality sent her back home to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Saving her pride and her new gigâwriting a relationship advice column!ârequires some faking. No one can know the truth about her big-city flop or her nonexistent sex life. But the townâs irresistibly rugged librarian is determined to figure her outâ¦and give her hands-on lessons in every wicked thing she wants to know.
Gabe MacKenzieâs heart might be in Wyoming, but secretly his futureâs tied up in his familyâs Manhattan legacy. Getting down and dirty with Veronica is supposed to give him a few memorable nightsânot complicate his plans. But the thing about heat this scorching is thereâs just no going backâ¦and it might be too hot for either of them to take.
Praise for the novels of USA TODAY bestselling author
VICTORIA DAHL
âDahlâ¦is fearless in creating quirky, touchingly unique characters whose love affairs are anything but predictable.â
âRT Book Reviews on Flirting with Disaster
âWonderfully unconventional and deliciously sultryâ¦among [Dahlâs] hottest to date.â
âRT Book Reviews on Looking for Trouble
âDahl brings her signature potent blend of heated eroticism and emotional punch to another Jackson Hole cowboy story, to great success.â
âKirkus Reviews on So Tough to Tame
âSo Tough to Tame was a delicious, funny, warm-hearted read⦠Obviously I highly recommend this book. Itâs like a comfort read with a dose of sass and smarts; itâs just about perfect.â
âSmart Bitches, Trashy Books
âDahl adds her signature hot sex scenes and quirky characters to this lively mix of romance in the high country.â
âBooklist on Too Hot to Handle
âVictoria Dahl never fails to bring the heat.â
âRT Book Reviews on Too Hot to Handle
âHits the emotional high notes. Rising romance star Dahl delivers with this sizzling contemporary romance.â
âKirkus Reviews on Close Enough to Touch
âThis is one hot romance.â
âRT Book Reviews on Good Girls Donât
âA hot and funny story about a woman many of us can relate to.â
âSalon.com on Crazy for Love
â[A] hands-down winner, a sensual story filled with memorable characters.â
âBooklist on Start Me Up
âSassy and smokingly sexy, Talk Me Down is one delicious joyride of a book.â
âNew York Times bestselling author Connie Brockway
CHAPTER ONE
OUT OF ALL the mistakes Veronica Chandler had made in her life, this was definitely the worst. Worse than moving to New York City after college, worse than dating that guy whoâd dumped her via text after a hand job, worse than crawling back home to Wyoming with her tail between her legs and even worse than becoming a complete fraud of an advice columnist.
What the hell had she been thinking? She should have said no to her boss. She should have told him to take his horrible idea back to whatever hellish place heâd found it. But sheâd been too afraid to say no.
Veronica lived every single day afraid that her boss was going to realize the truth about her. Each email she received from him seemed to pulse with menace, and when heâd called and asked her to stop by his office two weeks earlier, sheâd known that had been the end of her charade.
But instead of firing her, heâd presented her with an opportunity. In her state of shock and relief, sheâd stammered out a yes instead of screaming âHell, no.â Maybe sheâd been in denial since then. Maybe she hadnât wanted to think about it. But there was no denying the truth anymore. She was supposed to put on a live performance tonight, and now she was racing to the Jackson Town Library as if the stacks of books inside could save her.
She rushed through the glass doors, head already swiveling to scan the main room of the library. Lauren Foster was a great friend, so when she hadnât answered this morningâs panicked texts, Veronica had known she must be working. If she could just find Lauren, surely she would say it was okay for Veronica to back out of this mess and hide from the world in her apartment for a week or two.
She walked past the circulation desk and looked into the childrenâs area, but Lauren wasnât hidden between the stacks of kidsâ books. What if she wasnât really working today? What if she was on a hike deep in the woods and wouldnât be home until late?
âNo,â Veronica said. No, that wasnât possible. Veronica needed her too much.