Parks and Provocation, an all new enemies-to-lovers small town romance from Juliette Cross, is available now in Kindle Unlimited!
Lola Landry stares through the window of her locked car with the keys in the ignition and the radio blaring Beck’s “Loser.” While standing there and sweltering in the soupy Tennessee humidity, she wonders how her orderly life had crashed and burned so badly. Then her high school nemesis saunters up in all of his tall, strapping, fireman-to-the-rescue glory, slapping her with the humiliating proof that it can always get worse.
When the uber-confident Jedediah Lawson requests a date in return for popping her lock, a lightbulb goes off. Revenge is sweet. He would make the perfect victim—guest, that is—for her next podcast episode on Kiss and Tell. What shocks her is the casual way he not only agrees to the post-date interview on air, but ends up hijacking her audience and wooing them with his swoony, southern charm. Not even a low score on the date-o-meter can dissuade the man or keep her fans from demanding more of the charismatic Jed.
What’s worse, she secretly wants a second date with this man who is so different from his teenage self. His unwavering patience and dimpled smile erodes her will, until she breaks the Kiss and Tell rules by agreeing to a second…and a third date. It’s a disaster. Not the date. They’re wonderful. The disaster is that she is falling for a man she once dubbed Jockstrap Jed.
‘Parks and Provocation’ is a full-length contemporary romance and can be read as a standalone. Book #2 in the Green Valley Heroes series, Green Valley Chronicles, Penny Reid Book Universe.
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Excerpt
“Fancy meeting you here,” he said when I finally reached him. “Fancy that,” I sassed back. I tried monumentally hard to force my eyes to behave, but they were currently mapping the extensive breadth of his chest without my permission. As a matter of fact, they’d found their newest obsession, tracking the descent of a drop of water that looped around his navel and froze midway down his happy trail. “What brings you here, Cola?” I jerked my gaze back to his mischievous grin, contemplating ways to torture my best friend. I was also debating whether leaning forward and licking him would be inappropriate. “Um, learning fire safety?” His bark of laughter and dimpled smile detonated somewhere inside my chest and melted my insides into warm goo. Which, of course, drew my attention to his beautiful mouth and the fact that he intended to kiss me with that mouth on our next date. “Let me guess,” he finally said, amusement still prevalent in every word. “Marly?” “So, I’ve been wondering if stretching her on a rack would be forgiven by local law enforcement. Do you think they’d give me a free pass, considering,” I waved my hand at him and the surrounding scene behind him, “all this?” “By this, you mean dragging you to watch a dozen firemen strut around without their shirts on?” “So y’all do know that half of Green Valley’s womenfolk are gawking at you from across the street, right? Only half of which are actual moms of the scouts? If that.” He nodded and exhaled a sigh, but that wicked smile remained in place. “Chief McClure said it’s a local tradition, and the fine ladies of Green Valley also donate generously to our annual fundraiser, so we just do as we’re told.” “Basically, this is a Magic Mike show, minus the actual lap dances, where you get your tips at a later time.” He edged closer, my eyes betraying me once again to dip down along his beautiful body, realizing that delectable drop of water had slipped down into the holy land. “I’ll give you a lap dance for free if you like, Lola.”Christina’s Five Star Review
You guys!!!! When I first saw that one of the my favorite authors was writing a story outside her “normal” genre, I knew that she was going to succeed. Y’all!!!! She hit this out of the park!!! Lola has been trying to escape her hometown ever since she graduated high school. But when she loses her job, finding herself in financial trouble, she returns home while looking for another job. Needing to keep herself busy, she created a podcast with a long time friend. Guess what the topic is. Rating first dates. How creative is that?! I loved the topic, the way she ranked things and most importantly how she “reviews” the dates. Very fun and new. There’s just one issue. She wasn’t prepared for what happens next. Jed is the local high school jock all grown up and saving the hometown as the local firefighter. Did I mention how hot he is? Mm, mm, mm. I wouldn’t mind him saving me….but I digress. While in high school, Jed and Lola had an interesting relationship. No, they didn’t date each other. It was just…different. So when he sees that Lola has moved back to town, re-establishing a friendship (if not more) becomes a priority…even if Lola isn’t feeling it. This was such a clever story. The way this author used the podcast to build this already blooming relationship just melted my heart. I literally felt as though I was living in this town, listening to the podcast and experiencing everything they were. This is why this book gets the full 5 stars from me. Just brilliant!
About Juliette Cross
JULIETTE is a multi-published author of paranormal and fantasy romance & the co-host of the podcast, Smart Women Read Romance. As a native of Louisiana, she lives in the heart of Cajun land with her husband, four kids, her labs, Kona and Jeaux, and kitty, Betty. When she isn’t working on her next project, she enjoys binge-watching her favorite shows with her husband and a glass (or two) of red wine.
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