Copper & Ink

A weekend camping trip with friends unveils their attraction. What will one week expose?Brynn Harris lives an idyllic life until love deals her a wicked hand. Crushed, she returns to Seaside Pointe and barricades her heart. The plan works well for two years until a weekend spent around her brother's former college roommate sparks a complicated attraction. The tattooed and pierced Hayden Fox is nothing like the men from Brynn's past, but their differences don't lessen their chemistry, especially when Hayden spends one week in Seaside helping Chloe Lockwood on her flower farm. Hayden has no plans for a happily ever after he doesn't think he deserves, but when the tempting redhead shows up for a dinner among friends, desire wages a battle. Soon, the lines between physical and emotional blur. With relationships on the line, Hayden and Brynn must reconcile their damaged pasts. Pasts not yet finished with them.
If you like feisty heroines and tattooed and pierced heroes, you'll love Copper & Ink. Fans of brother's best friend, tragic pasts, and fling-to-forever tropes will be fanning themselves as these two take friends-to-benefits to a whole new level. This is the second installment in a four-book series. While the romance stands alone, there is a mystery plot running throughout the series.