Bobbi couldn’t believe he’d come back after what happened last summer.She remembered how she had walked in on Dean in the shower , how he had stroked himself . Bobbi felt an ache between her legs as she watched Dean , she thought she was hidden by the fog of the hot water and proceed to get herself off. Than she noticed Dean had been watching her and she ran out of the bathroom and she hadn’t seen him since. Paddy was Bobbi’s guardian . He took her in after her father had died while working for Paddy on a construction job and her father didn’t have his safety harness on. Bobbi had been thirteen. Dean was Paddy’s favorite foreman. It was Dean. Bobbi hurried to finish Mr. Doolittle’s bath - one of the shelter dogs where Bobbi volunteered. Bobbi had been trying to avoid the same lecture Paddy had been giving her since she turned eighteen. To find a good man and settle down. Dean thought back to the day last year when Bobbi watched him in the shower. It had taken every ounce of Deans control to not pull her in the shower with him. He had even held the shower door closed to stop from reaching for Bobbi. Dean had thought about sleeping with Bobbi every since. Which is why Dean had stayed away. She was his boss's ward/kid. Dean knew they would never happen as bobbi was to be protected . also Bobbi hates him judging by the way she is glaring at him. Bobbi had always wore her feelings on her sleeve. You knew where you stood with Bobbi and that was refreshing. Bobbi makies dean crazy in more ways than one but he actually had a soft spot for her. Paddy had just told Dead he wants to leave him everything- the house, the millions in the bank, the multiple properties , even his own division of O'Malley construction. Dean had worked for Paddy for fifteen years and never thought Paddy would do anything like this. But Bobbi is part of the deal. If he takes what Paddy's offering dean has to agree to take care of Bobbi the rest of his life of until bobbi marries a man Dean approves of. Also Bobbi had to move into the house with Dean. Dean knows Bobbi feels the heat burning between them. Dean has an overwhelming need to make Bobbi his. Dean ends up kissing Bobbi right in front of Paddy. After she leaves to go back to her cottage Paddy said he had a car coming to take him to the airport. Paddy wants Dean and Bobbi to marry. Dean thinks no way, this man puts nothing before the next job , a life on the open road. This man is a free spirit, in the moment and never having regrets. Than Dean realizes Paddy had left. There was another foreman- Bruce who would take the deal if Dean didn't. Bruce was hoping Dean would turn Paddy down. Dean can see bruce looking at Bobbi and planning to drag her away and have sex with her. Dean decided there was no way he was letting Bruce near Bobbi. Bobbi was his responsibility , and it doesn’t bother him as much as he thought it would. Bobbi is his. His happiness, love of the open road didn't hold a candle to that. Than it starts to storm and the lights go out, Bobbi and her strays are soaking wet in the back porch . She told Dean her lights are off and she has no heat. Dean starts a fire and than ends up giving Bobbi oral sex to prepare her for later as she admitted she was a virgin and wanted Dean as her first lover. Bobbi is afraid of thunderstorms has been since she was little but dean makes her feel safe and doesn’t laugh at her fear and understands it. Bobbi and Dean sleep together. Dean knows he has to tell bobbi about Paddy’s decision and than his but than she rubbed up against him and Dean thought he would tell her tomorrow. The next day as Bobbi lets out the dogs at paddy’s she sees her landlord. He threatens to evict her as there is only a two pet policy and Bobbi hadn’t had a chance to clean the back yard after the strays had went to the bathroom there just before the storm. Than Bobbi asks dean if the dogs could stay there and he agrees. Dean thinks about when Paddy gave him a job when he was at his lowest. Gas money had run out and he had no money for food. Dean was sleeping on his bike behind a diner, he hadn't showered in a couple of days. Paddy brought him inside , fed him, offered dean a change of clothes and put him to work.
I loved this book. More of a novella but lacking nothing. I loved Dean and Bobbi together and how they interacted. I loved how protective Dean was of Boobi. I loved the ending it just tied everything together. I the pace and the plot. Just a sweet easy great romance. I have a new favorite. I loved the characters and the ins and outs of this book and I highly recommend it.