Naked Coffee Guy: A Small Town, Enemies to Lovers Romance

By Crissi Langwell

Maren has always been good at keeping things casual-her hookups, her job at the coffee shop, even her dreams of making it big as a musician someday. Commitment only ever seems to lead to disappointment, and lately her life has felt like one long string of letdowns. When her landlord-with-benefits announces she has thirty days to find a new place to live, it's just one more reminder that nothing in her world is secure. And with rents soaring in Sunset Bay, she knows her options are bleak.

So when her wild, unreliable coworker Nina offers her a spare room, Maren swallows her pride and moves in. The house is a mess, her new neighborhood feels unfamiliar, and she's determined to keep her guard up-especially after a recent night with a man who made her feel something she hasn't felt in years... before she learned he'd played a role in selling her building out from under her.

But on her very first morning in the new place, Maren spots him walking down the street shirtless, tattooed, barefoot, and holding a steaming cup of black coffee. Naked Coffee Guy. The man Nina's been gossiping about for weeks. The man Maren's been trying-and failing-to forget. The man whose beard she's dreamed about, whose hands she can still feel on her skin, and whose kiss left her believing, for one brief moment, that something real might be possible.

He's also the man who helped take away the only stable housing she had.

Now Maren is torn between fury, desire, and the sinking realization that the connection she felt with him wasn't imaginary. As she rebuilds her life out of boxes in Nina's cluttered house, plays music at Hillside to crowds who sing along, and watches her best friend Claire settle into her own happily-ever-after, Maren can't help wondering whether she's meant to find something more too.

But opening her heart requires a trust she's never been able to give. And letting Mac back into her world might mean risking everything-her new home, her fragile sense of safety, and the carefully constructed walls she's built to protect herself.

Naked Coffee Guy is a steamy, emotional small-town romance about unexpected chemistry, messy new beginnings, chosen family, and learning to believe in love even when life keeps proving you wrong. Book Two in the Sunset Bay series.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CK3THQ5L
• ISBN13: 9781961240025
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: North Coast Stories
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"