Between Now and Forever

Neighbors to lovers can be a risky proposition in this funny, sexy, and swoony romantic comedy between a single mother and the grumpy man next door by USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke.

When Gabrielle Solomon falls, she falls hard. Even if that means literally toppling over a porch railing in nothing but a flimsy towel—right in front of her sexy new neighbor.

Jay Stetson is 100 percent hero material with those arms, that chest, and his deliciously oh-so-sexy smirk. The chiseled hunk in flannel has an irresistible off-limits attitude while plucking Gabrielle out of the bushes and saving her from a snake. Unfortunately, he’s not indulging in what Gabrielle is offering—not with his emotional train wreck of a past.

Just neighbors. Just friends. Or so he says.

Secretly, he’s smitten with the single, fierce mama bear of two who plays Miss Fix-It at the house next door. He doesn’t even really mind the noise or the chaos her young sons cause. What he does mind is how his lonely heart races when looking into her emerald-colored eyes.

Can Jay let his painful memories go, or will he let the woman of his dreams slip between his fingers?

Adriana Locke is the USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But It All, The Sweet Spot, the Landry Family series, and the Exception novels, among many others. She writes contemporary romances about the two things she knows best: big families and small towns. Her stories are about ordinary people finding extraordinary love with the perfect combination of heart, heat, and humor. Hailing from a tiny town in the Midwest, Adriana spends her free time with her high school sweetheart (whom she married more than twenty years ago) and their four sons (who truly are her best work). Her kitchen may be a perpetual disaster, but if all else fails, there’s always pizza. She loves fall weather, football, reading about alpha heroes, everything pumpkin, pretending to garden, and connecting with readers. For more information, visit www.adrianalocke.com.