Willa Rourke Spicy contemporary romance

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I do not sleep with the man who signs the invoice.

Month Nine · The Hartwell Group, Book 1

Twenty-eight novellas. Four workplaces. Every one opens with a woman saying what she will not do — and then the book happens.

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Month Nine — A Spicy Boss Billionaire Romance

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Four workplaces

The series share
no characters.
They share a kind of woman.

Consultants, trainers, dispatchers, lookouts. Seven standalone couples each, about thirty thousand words apiece, first person, open door. Start anywhere. Nothing carries over but the temperament.

01 · Billionaire workplace

The Hartwell Group

Manhattan · seven standalone couples

Women who keep the invoice. Men who can buy a building and still have to ask.

  • the invoice
  • the deliverable
  • the board seat
  • the run-of-show
  • the term sheet
  • the fortieth floor
An empty boardroom at night, spreadsheets fanned across a long table under a single desk lamp, the lit city beyond the glass.
Month Nine — A Spicy Boss Billionaire RomanceShared Bid — A Spicy Enemies-to-Lovers RomanceRun of Show — A Spicy Forbidden RomanceMarked in Red — A Spicy Fake Engagement RomanceSchool Gate — A Spicy Second Chance RomanceAfter the Panel — A Spicy Age Gap RomanceNightstand Ring — A Spicy Arranged Marriage Romance
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02 · Pro hockey

The Fenwick Pike

Fenwick, Minnesota · seven standalone couples

A roster, not a college house. Trainers, reporters, video, player safety, ice invoices, the lease.

  • the clipboard
  • the quiet room
  • the scratch list
  • the 5:00 ice
  • the barn key
  • the lease
An empty rink at night under sodium work lights, a clipboard and a roll of tape left on the players' bench.
No Contact — A Spicy Workplace Sports RomanceScratch List — A Spicy Enemies-to-Lovers RomanceSplit Squad — A Spicy Workplace Sports RomanceTwo-Way — A Spicy Age Gap RomanceRecall Notice — A Spicy Second Chance RomanceLast Change — A Spicy Forced Proximity RomanceBarn Key — A Spicy Workplace Romance
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03 · Contract wildland fire

The Dry Line

Haskett, Idaho · seven standalone couples

Women who keep the hours and the window.

  • the sit
  • the time book
  • the window
  • the copper thumbtack
  • the cache
  • the red flag
An equipment store at dusk: coiled hose and hand tools on steel shelving, the roll-up door open onto a gravel lot and dry hills.
Holdover — A Spicy Workplace RomanceTime Book — A Spicy Enemies-to-Lovers RomanceRed Flag — A Spicy Workplace RomanceLookout — A Spicy Age Gap RomanceAfter Action — A Spicy Second Chance RomanceSpike — A Spicy Forced Proximity RomanceClosed Area — A Spicy Workplace Romance
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04 · Regional airline

The Blue Ticket

Calder, New Mexico · seven standalone couples

Women who keep the hold.

  • the MEL
  • the book
  • the jumpseat
  • the 05:40 show
  • the irregular
  • the certificate
An unmarked turboprop parked outside a glass terminal at dawn, a ground power cart and an open toolbox on the apron.
Hold Item — A Spicy Workplace RomanceSquawk — A Spicy Enemies-to-Lovers RomanceJump Seat — A Spicy Forced Proximity RomanceRight Seat — A Spicy Age Gap RomanceIrregular — A Spicy Second Chance RomanceBelly — A Spicy Forced Proximity RomanceCertificate — A Spicy Workplace Romance
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Three things a retailer will not do.

The price

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The parcel

It says nothing.

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A plain unmarked cardboard book parcel on a doormat inside a front door at dusk.

The object

A digest paperback,
built to be read twice.

One trim across all twenty-eight, so the shelf lines up. Cream stock rather than bright white, because these get read in one sitting and usually at night. The jacket is the only colour in the book and it is the only place it is needed.

Trim
5.5 × 8.5 in / 140 × 216 mm
Binding
Perfect-bound paperback, matte laminate
Paper
60# uncoated cream, black ink
Extent
114 to 144 pages
Printing, price and delivery

The ladder

The price falls
as the order grows.

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