by DL WhitePublish: Feb 14, 2025 Series: Holiday ShortsContemporary RomanceRomance
Book Overview
Love at Startup speed...
She's a tech developer with walls higher than her ambitions; he's a PR pro who keeps finding ways around them. Atlanta's tech scene is about to get a lot more interesting.
The last thing tech developer Opal Richardson needs while launching a groundbreaking platform is a distraction. Especially not Sterling Carter, whose co-working space sits right across the courtyard from hers. He’s sexy, charming...and keeps showing up with an uncanny ability to climb right over her carefully constructed walls.
Sterling's recent return to Atlanta was supposed to be about launching his PR firm, not falling for the tall, stunning, sharp-tongued woman who challenges him from day one. Despite their instant chemistry, Opal's painful past makes her hesitant to mix business with pleasure. When a severe storm traps them together, their connection becomes impossible to ignore, sparking a passionate encounter that could either heal her wounds or break her heart completely.
Warning: this novella tells of love in co working spaces, encourages chemistry that refuses to stay professional, and vividly describes what happens when a storm traps two people who definitely shouldn't be alone together. Or should they?
Set in Atlanta's bustling tech scene, GRUMPY VALENTINE is a steamy workplace romance where love moves at startup speed.
Contemporary RomanceWomen's FictionAfrican American Interest
BIOGRAPHY DL White began pursuing a writing career in 2011. In 2015, she published Brunch at Ruby’s, an upmarket contemporary fiction novel that explores the lives of three best friends and the soul food cafe at the center of their friendship. Since then, she has published more than 10 Black romance and women’s fiction titles in eBook, print and audio formats with more to come.
A 1996 graduate of Eastern Washington University, DL holds a Bachelor of Arts in Interpersonal Communication Studies and minored in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. By day, DL is an Executive Assistant for a global beverage brand. By night, she writes, reads, and lives in the metro Atlanta area. DL has a legendary love for coffee, fried chicken, and brunch, especially on a patio. Her true obsession is water: lakes, rivers, oceans, waterfalls!
When not writing books, DL devours them. She enjoys romance, contemporary and historical Black fiction, mystery, thrillers, and suspense novels. She shares her thoughts on books and writing at booksbydlwhite.com/blog.