This was the Banned Baddies’ first book baby together! It was, mmm, slightly taboo. Age gap, step-relations, forbidden, and close proximity goodness!

Young, beautiful Zoey just left her shitty boyfriend and thought she could go home for a bit to figure out her new life plans. It would seem, however, that her unstable mother and looney step-father forgot to mention that they sold her childhood home and are now RV’ing across America. So with nowhere else to go, she winds up at her step-uncle’s luxurious home.

Would it even be an Ireland/Monroe book if the MMC isn’t a big grump? I think not. Silas, about 20 years Zoey’s senior, is genuinely moody, can’t stand his moronic brother, and likes to control everything in his life. The only thing that makes him more grumpy is Zoey’s presence, because his desire and lust for her must remain tamped down. Too bad his possessiveness rules out.

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