Nora Lakes is sophisticated, successful, and happily single. Career problems aside, her life is fine the way it is, thank you very much. Sure, her best friends are all moving into a new season of life�full of husbands and babies and white picket fences. But that�s not what Nora wants. Neither is the gruff, tattooed guy next door. Tattoo artist Dex St. James has enough trouble on his hands without the distractingly beautiful woman next door. Being a single dad to a teenage girl is no joke. The last thing he needs is a flirtatious new neighbor who makes his blood run hot. He�ll just avoid her. She�s not his type anyway.�But Nora and Dex can't seem to stay out of each other�s way. Between a pesky nocturnal visitor, Nora�s blossoming friendship with Dex�s daughter, and their undeniable chemistry, that up-against-the-wall, brain-melting kiss was probably inevitable. Nora has rules when it comes to men, and she has her reasons. Dex threatens to break every last one of them. She doesn�t want forever. He won�t settle for anything less. But when these two collide, the result is fire. --… (more)