Bøker av Julie Olivia

I need a nanny, but I may need her more.I know about my reputation as Never Harbor's secluded single dad. But I have everything I need: my imaginative son, my dog, and our remodeled cottage by the sea.That is, until my nanny quits.My brother's ex-fiancee, Wendy Darling, is an elementary school teacher with a free summer. The last thing I need is to get tangled in his mess, but my family thinks she's a perfect fit for the job. Turns out, she fits in better than I could have imagined.Wendy is nothing like I expected. She's kind and adventurous, with a beautiful laugh that washes my worst nightmares away. She pushes past my silence and sees more of my true self than anyone has in years. And my six-year-old son is falling for her just as quickly.Being with Wendy can never happen. Not when my younger brother is her ex-fiance. Not when she's so close to our family. Not when our small coastal town gossips the way that it does.But after so long in the dark, Wendy makes me feel something. Falling for her feels a lot like flying instead.I know happy endings only belong in fairy tales, but I'm close to stealing one for myself.OFF THE HOOK is a grumpy-sunshine, single dad romance with lots of slow burn spice! This is book one in Never Harbor, a series of interconnected stand-alone contemporary romances inspired by Peter Pan. TROPES: Grumpy + sunshineSingle dad + nannyEx-fiance's older brotherForced proximityCoastal small townSlow burn, open door romance

Short-term flings with good looking Santas are kinda my thing. After my latest holly jolly break-up with the fake mall Santa Claus of my dreams, I escaped to a small town winter wonderland in the middle of nowhere. But it's just my luck that I run into the only person in the world who could get my Christmas lights in a twist: freaking Nicholas Ryan. A man I haven't seen in twenty years and who I never wanted to see again. Except now he's my hot bartender, complete with a silver-fox beard, a twinkle in his eye, and looking a lot like my one true kryptonite: jingle belling Santa Claus. It's five days until Christmas, I'm stuck in a snowy small town straight out of a Hallmark movie, and all I want is to avoid the Grinch who stole all my Christmases and pretend that our chemistry is simply just the magic of Christmas in the air. AUTHOR'S NOTE: The Fake Santa Apology Tour is a quirky, laugh-out-loud, Christmas romantic comedy novella with lots of sexy Santas, small town snowball fights, and some heartwarming holiday magic. Please note that this book is intended for mature audiences only. But, if all you want for Christmas is a slow burn spicy romance, then put on your favorite holiday album and dive right in!

Some people have a voice for radio, but I must have a face for infidelity. This is why I bought a one-way ticket from London to New York and decided to ignore all men forever. And then I meet Owen. Owen holds all the red flags I can't resist: mysterious and handsome, sarcastic with a clever smile... Plus, he works in tech like I do? Here's my knickers, good sir. But, a few cybersecurity breaches at my job means I don't have time for anything, especially not a classic New York City romance. The bad part is I think the break-ins are coming from the same source. The worst part is that Owen is quickly stealing my heart. The more time I spend with mysterious, handsome Owen, the more I wonder if maybe he's the man I've been looking for all along. And unfortunately for me, I think that statement might be true in more ways than one. Thick As Thieves is a stand-alone romantic comedy. This book has laugh-out-loud humor with New York City fun, some mystery vibes, and slow burn, sizzling spice

DELANEYI'm a good girl who makes good decisions.He's my professor with eyes that see right through me.Everyone says he's charming.I say he's entitled.Is he a wolf in sheep's clothing, or is that alluring small-town smile real?I don't know if I want to find out.I've spent my whole life working for what I have.One captivating professor can't change that now. ASHERI'm the English department head.She's my beautiful student in the mentor program.The dean says she's a perfect fit. I say she's too perfect.Is she a strait-laced Bo Peep, or is there fun lurking behind those eyes?I shouldn't want to find out.We exist in a gray area where the lines are blurred between student and colleague.But what might happen this summer is forbidden for either relationship. Present Perfect is an enemies-to-lovers, professor/student, small town romance. It is the second book in the Foxe Hill Series. Each book in the series can be read individually but are most enjoyed as a whole! Dual POV. 18+ for language and light spice.

I'm an impulsive kind of girl.Like, 'buy an old van to renovate and live in it' kind of impulsive.So, when my bar game of kiss-a-random-guy-to-make-engaged-ex-jealous lands me in apartment floor sex with Harry, it's par for the course. Who doesn't love a sexy mechanic with a tight-fitting white tee that hugs his huge biceps and...a six-year-old daughter?Thankfully for me, hot daddy Harry needs a babysitter right when I need help repairing my van...and right when I need a fake boyfriend.I only have to endure three months of this charade while my van gets renovated and then I'll journey into the wild. Except I'm starting to kinda like Harry. And his daughter is kinda cool. And I kinda sorta may not want to cut town anymore.This is a different type of wild entirely.In The Wild is a stand-alone romantic comedy. This book has a hot single dad, a fun fake relationship, witty banter, and so much sizzling steam!

The hardest part is waiting for the fall.I am currently in love with, have always been in love with, and will continue to be in love with, my best friend, Bennett Walker Shaw.In five minutes, my best friend's bride will greet him in a gorgeous white gown with forever on her lips. Except that bride won't be me.Moments like these force you to look at your life a little closer.At twelve-years-old, he and I promised to always be there for each other. But in our childlike optimism we didn't understand the frail, tattered string of time. How people change. How families fall apart.How sometimes we fall apart too.I could try to pinpoint where our mess started, but I'm not sure where I'd land in our patchwork timeline.Maybe it's best to go back to the beginning. Back to when the meaning of love was simply defined by a small town theme park and that beautiful, messy-haired boy.Their Freefall At Last is a slow burn romance spanning two decades, featuring two childhood best friends and their many years of pining. Enjoy the comforts of a small town theme park, filled with lots of love and steamy tension.

VIOLETI fell in love with the boy at the movie theater.He had untied sneakers and a penchant for everyone but me.But I've grown up, moved away, and created a life with options.Ten years later, I'm now out of them.Everything is exactly the same at Foxe Hill.Keaton still has that dimpled smile. And I'm still a mess for him.KEATONI noticed the girl behind the camera.She was the town's little sister to everyone but me.But it's been too long and I've been too patient.Ten years later, I'm not sure I have any more patience to spare.Violet's shy pink lips are now a fiery red.And, this time, I can't stay away.Match Cut is a full-length, stand-alone, small town romance with fun campfire hangouts, movie theater makeouts, and campfire shenanigans. It is the first book in the Foxe Hill Series. Each book in the series can be read individually but are most enjoyed as a whole! Dual POV. 18+ for language and light spice.

Unrequited crush? I've been there. Done that. Over it.Ian Chambers is a rule bending, teasing, accidentally make-you-fall-for-him kind of man. And I want nothing to do with it, thank you very much.Our company's in-house lawyer has been my human resources nightmare for nine years. When he quit eight months ago, I thought I was finally rid of him.But when I'm invited to a destination wedding as a bridesmaid and he's the best man in every sense of the word, it's not as easy to pretend he doesn't exist. And this week, he's dead-set on getting my attention.If he looks at me with that cocky grin and those piercing eyes one more time, I might lose control.Ian Chambers can flirt with me as much as he wants, but I refuse to fall for his tricks.Again.In His Eyes is a stand-alone romantic comedy. This book is an opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers romance with witty banter, karaoke fun, and slow burn, sizzling steam!

Sometimes, the best rides are unexpected.Orson Mackenzie didn't want a relationship. Perfect. Neither did I.But what started as a fun ride with no commitment turned into hitching our cars to the same train. Orson needed my insurance. I needed his tax break. So we signed a piece of paper to make me his not-so blushing bride.Forever was never the destination. Until Orson unexpectedly changed course, and we found ourselves on different tracks.Now, it's seven months later, I've lost my apartment and, luckily for me, my husband still has a heart of gold. And a spare bedroom.I can move in with my fake husband, right? How hard can it be?Except I'm having a hard time overlooking how his eyes undress me and the way his voice rasps when he calls me sweetheart. And the more time we spend together, the more I see through his happy-go-lucky exterior. He needs someone in his corner, and for once, maybe I need someone in mine too.I shouldn't fall in love with my husband. But my heart might be thumping to the bumpy tune of forever.Our Ride To Forever is a romantic comedy featuring a secret marriage of convenience and lots of roommate shenanigans in a house with only one shower and very, very thin walls. Enjoy the comforts of a small town theme park, filled with lots of love and even more steamy, sizzling spice!