Grumpy protector meets sassy waitress… and the sparks are hotter than the coffee.
Laurel Sinclair didn’t expect to become a short-order cook, but when her Aunt Annie needs help running Annie’s Diner, in Harland, Texas, she couldn’t say no. Serving up burgers, sweet tea, and the occasional slice of unsolicited small-to... wn gossip is a far cry from her old life, and that’s just the way she likes it. No drama, no danger—just pancakes and peace.
But peace is officially off the menu when strange things start happening. A break-in. Cryptic notes. And the unsettling feeling that someone is watching her. At first, Laurel chalks it up to overactive imagination—until she’s threatened.
Enter Bennett Vaughn—former military, now employed with Eagle Security and Investigations. He’s new to Harland, doesn’t do small talk, and has all the charm of burnt toast. But when Aunt Annie strong-arms him into looking out for Laurel (because no one argues with Aunt Annie), he finds himself knee-deep in diner drama, a growing list of suspects, and one exasperating, entirely too tempting woman.
Laurel insists she can take care of herself. Bennett insists she’s terrible at it. And when the danger escalates, the grumpy protector and the stubborn waitress will have to work together—before the next thing served at Annie’s Diner is revenge.read more
BIOGRAPHY It’s all my mother’s fault. She read to me when I was little and sparked my imagination. Now, my mind is the limit, and believe me, there’s no limit to my mind. Hello, I’m Donna Michaels, NYT & USA Today Bestselling Award winning author of Romaginative fiction. I write romance through the H’s—Hot, Humorous, Heart... warming reads with strong alpha cowboys and military men who are equally matched by their heroines. With a husband in the military fulltime, a household of nine, and several rescued cats, I never run out of material. From short to epic, my books entertain readers across a variety of sub-genres, and one has even been hand drawn into a Japanese Translation. Now, if only I could read it…read more