Laura John
Laura is a steamy romance author from Alberta, Canada, who melds love and angst together while normalizing mental illness. In her books, you will fall in love with her rock stars, bodyguards, baseball players, and even a hired hit man!
When she’s not writing, Laura enjoys reading, going to concerts, hiking, and experimenting with makeup! Music means everything to her, so make sure to check out her playlists to get a sneak peek into what inspires her!
Summer Dreams
Age is just a number… or is it?
JAX
Growing up, I had it all. I never had to want for anything. Everything was great, and I had a family who cared. But getting tangled up with the wrong crowd ruined that.
For years, I lived in addiction, battling the constant need for my next hit and doing shady things. Someone saw more than that wasted addict and helped me get my life back together.
With dedication and sheer hard work, I’m finally in a good place. At forty, I own a bar. My bar and my employees are what keep me focused. I let nothing come between me and what I treasure.
Until a small man with light and sass threatens everything I believe. When Kev comes into the picture, though, I realize sometimes addiction and obsession are one in the same.
He works his way into the very fiber of my being, burrows in my soul. I’m starting to feel things I thought I had buried years ago coming back to the surface. I want him, but he’s twenty-one years younger than me, and everything I’m not…
KEVIN
My plans are set. The moment I turn 18, I am off to see anything outside this small NC town. I’d escape the sleepy closed minds and search for acceptance and love elsewhere. Funny thing about declaring plans, sometimes the universe has other ideas.
Despite myself, I find love, support and even a family amid the small-town community. Finding my forever family, I realized I can’t leave. They are helping me grow and be the person I want to be.
Growing my wings, I find Jax. Grumpy, no nonsense silver fox bar owner. He’s my opposite–cold, brooding, and distant. But something about him draws me in. Unfortunately, he wants nothing to do with me because of my age. Or maybe because our courtship started with a lie.
Once he finally lets his guard down and pulls his head out of his ass, we start to explore our relationship. Just as everything starts leading in the direction, we both want, our fresh romance is turned on its head.
Can I keep Jax beside me, or are we bound to break apart?
Afterglow
SHE’LL BREAK ALL THE RULES TO BE HIS GOOD GIRL.
IZZY
From a young age, I knew who I was and what I liked. So when Leo became a part of the picture, I thought he could be my Mr. Right.
Things seemed perfect for over a year before I started to really see his true colors. He started by slowly breaking the rules we set up at the beginning of our relationship, then he wasn’t coming home until almost 2 am most nights, but my final straw was when he stonewalled me and refused to talk about the issues we were having.
Realizing quickly he wasn’t the person I thought he was, I knew I needed to get out.
Only, he wasn’t on board, and instead left me beaten and bruised. I couldn’t turn to the cops, so I went to the only person I thought could help. Dax– my brother’s best friend. I never expected his help to stir up old feelings, though, and a new secret to keep…
DAX
Isabella Thatcher was never anything more than my best friend’s little sister until she called me asking for a favor.
Being the Dom I am, I’m no stranger to secrets, so when she called in the middle of the night crying for my help without telling her family, I felt obligated to say yes.
It was the doctor in me that took her into my home and helped nurse her wounds. It let me see her in a light I never would have imagined.
Izzy isn’t the kid I used to know. Now she’s a woman, begging for dominance in the bedroom and comfort outside of it.
Ignoring how wrong our relationship may seem to others, I keep her close and vow to help her in any way I can, no matter the price.
