I shouldn't be thinking about him.

Even though he tells me he can't stop thinking about me.

I'm turning 41.

He's 26.

I'm a serious person.

He's fun-loving and carefree.

It's all wrong. But every time Raphael LaForest looks at me, it feels so, so right. Just a glance and my whole body melts. The simple brush of his hand on mine and every last nerve ending is on fire.

But that's not all. Raph makes me think. He makes me laugh. He listens to me, and he makes me feel beautiful and desirable in a way my ex-husband never did.

He awakens feelings in me I never thought I was capable of having.

But our age isn't the only complication. Raph's also the nanny to my two little girls. He's leaving at the end of the summer. And my feelings for him are rapidly tumbling into a dangerous place.

One that looks and feels an awful lot like love.

I can't burden this man with the complication of us. My world is small. My life is set. Raph has his whole life ahead of him. The world waiting for him to explore.

He can't stay with me. I won't let him.

I just need Raph—and my heart—to fall in line.

Give & Take is an age gap, grumpy sunshine romance, where she’s older and he’s the sunshine. It’s a standalone romance set in the gorgeous Pacific Northwest, book two in the Redbeard Cove series.