Cover of Rowan's Old Flame: Steamy Small Town Second Chance Rivals to Lovers Romance

Rowan's Old Flame: Steamy Small Town Second Chance Rivals to Lovers Romance

Piper Cook

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To save the family bar, he must swallow his pride and beg his ex — now his business rival — for help.

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A former lover turned business rival is the last person I should ask for a favor, but she’s the only one I can trust.Bangin’ Brews is in financial trouble and months away from its final last call. As the only family member with professional business experience on an international level, saving the bar falls heaviest on my shoulders. I’ll do whatever it takes to keep the business afloat, even if that means swallowing my pride and begging for forgiveness.Coco and I worked side by side for years, sharing space behind the bar slinging more drinks than I can count. But that all pales in comparison to the time we spent tangled between the sheets in hotels around the world. That all ended abruptly when we were both offered our dream jobs at opposite ends of the world working for rival companies.We got everything we’d worked for. Everything we wanted. Or did we?Steamy, small town, second chance, found family, rivals to lovers, workplace romance with a woman with a score to settleBangin’ Brews is a collection of steamy romances with cinnamon roll alphas and the women who fall for them. As always, my promise to you are stories with no cheating, no cliffhangers and endless happily ever afters.Read Rowan’s Old Flame & all the King brothers and sister’s · Talon’s Dirty Secret· Ryder’s Sugar Baby· Joell’s Boy Toy· Rebel’s Big Tipper· Bodhi’s Bootie Call· Rocco’s Gal Pal· Logan’s Side Hustle

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