I Let My Father's Best Friend Taste Me
Harlow Vance has spent twenty four years feeling invisible. Her younger brother is the success story, the one her father brags about, the one who can do no wrong.
Desperate to feel something, to feel wanted, she decides to lose her virginity. Not to some boy her age who will fumble and forget her by morning, but to a man. A dominant she has been chatting with online for weeks, someone who calls her a brat and makes her pulse race with every message.
She agrees to meet him at Radiant, an exclusive BDSM club in Pittsburgh. She uses a fake name. She plans for one night, nothing more.
But when the door opens, it is not a stranger staring down at her.
It is Kael Hawthorne. Her father's best friend. Her father's business partner. The man she has been secretly aching for since she was old enough to notice the way his gaze lingered on her a moment too long.
Kael should push her away. He should call Julian and tell him his daughter is in a place she does not belong. Instead, he pulls her into the room and shuts the door.
But secrets have a way of slithering out. And when Julian walks into Radiant and finds his daughter on her knees for his best friend, everything Harlow has built with Kael threatens to shatter.
What do you think will happen?
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Chapter: Chapter 56KAEL'S POV Elena Rose Hawthorne was six weeks old and already running my entire house.I was up on a little ladder hanging the mobile Sage bought, the one with the felt stars that played lullabies, and Harlow was in the doorway with Elena on her hip giving me that look."Your daughter is doing it again," she said.I didn't even have to ask what it was. When I left the room, Elena held her breath until I came back. Dramatic. Just like her mother."She learned that trick from you," I said, trying to get the mobile straight. "You can't reward emotional blackmail."Harlow walked in, Elena bright eyed and completely faking it, and then the second Elena saw me she stopped crying and blew a big spit bubble right at me and smiled that gummy, toothless smile."She didn't miss me," I said. "She's conning us both.""She absolutely missed you," Harlow said. "You left for ninety seconds. You texted me twelve times yesterday when I went to buy milk. She gets it from you."I climbed down and took h
Last Updated: 2026-07-08
Chapter: Chapter 55HARLOW'S POV Home smelled like lemon cleaner, fresh paint, and panic. Mostly panic. Kael’s panic. “You’re sure this is the right temperature,” he said for the fourth time, hovering over the bottle warmer like it might explode. “The nurse said 98 degrees. This says 97.4. That is point six degrees off, Harlow.” “Kael,” I said, balancing Elena on my shoulder while she made tiny dinosaur noises against my neck. “She is not a NASA launch. She is a baby. Babies have been eating milk at room temperature since the dawn of time.” “Not my baby,” he said, grabbing the bottle and shaking it like it owed him money. “My baby gets exact specifications. My baby gets perfection.” “Your baby gets fed before she chews my collarbone off,” I said. Elena chose that moment to prove my point and let out a wail that could have shattered glass. Three weeks old and she already had her father’s lung capacity. Kael moved faster than I’d seen him move in a boardroom. Bottle in hand, baby from me to
Last Updated: 2026-07-07
Chapter: Chapter 54KaelHe is gone.Two words. Three syllables. And my entire world tilted on its axis while my daughter fought for her life behind glass and my wife sat in a wheelchair shaking like a leaf."Say that again," I said to the nurse. My voice did not sound like mine. Too calm. Too cold. The kind of calm that happened right before I put someone in the ground.The nurse flinched. "Mr. Hawthorne, the detective is waiting outside. He said Silas Cole escaped transport. He hurt two officers. They are in surgery now."Harlow's hand found mine on her shoulder and clamped down, nails biting through my shirt. "Kael."I looked down at her. She was pale, lips white, IV taped to her arm, wrapped in blankets that did not hide the fact she had almost died six hours ago. Our daughter was three feet away in an incubator with tubes in her nose. And Silas Cole was loose."Kael," Harlow said again, sharper this time. "Look at me."I did. Her eyes were terrified, but clear. Present. Not panicking. Assessing. Pla
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Chapter: Chapter 53HARLOW'S POV The blood on the sheets was warm and wet and mine, and all I could think was I never got to hold her. I never got to see her face.Hands grabbed my arms, my legs, ripped the blanket away. Kael was shouting my name somewhere far away, but I could not see him through the crowd of blue scrubs."Pressure is dropping," someone yelled. "Sixty over forty.""Placental abruption," another voice snapped. "We are losing the baby."No. No. No.I tried to sit up. A nurse pushed me back down. "Harlow, stay still. We have to get you to the OR now.""Where is Kael," I gasped. "Where is my husband.""I am here," his voice broke through the chaos, rough and wrecked. "Baby, I am right here."I turned my head. He was pressed against the wall by security, his face white, his eyes wild."Let him through," I screamed. "Let him come to me.""Ma'am, he cannot come into surgery," the nurse said. "You are hemorrhaging. We have to go now.""Kael," I sobbed. "Do not let them take her. Promise me you
Last Updated: 2026-07-06
Chapter: Chapter 52KAEL'S POV Silas Cole stood behind my father in law with a hospital key card in his hand and a smile on his face like he had already won. I moved before Julian could turn around, putting my body between Harlow and that doorway."Get away from her," I said.Julian spun, saw Silas, went white. "How did you get out.""Your security is very bad at their job, Julian," Silas said pleasantly. "Just like it was twenty five years ago. Rain. Whiskey. Elena begging you not to drive.""Shut your mouth," Julian snarled.Harlow sat up in bed behind me, the sheet clutched to her chest, diamond flashing on her left hand. "Dad. Is it true."Julian did not turn around. "Harlow, baby girl, please—""Did you kill Mom," Harlow asked. Flat. Clear.Julian's shoulders dropped all at once. "Yes."The monitor beeped steady behind us. Thump thump thump."I was drunk," Julian said, voice raw. "Your mother and I fought. About money. About Silas stealing from the company. She grabbed my keys. Tried to leave. I gr
Last Updated: 2026-07-05
Chapter: Chapter 51HARLOW'S POV The man who tried to kill my baby called himself Daddy and smiled at me from my wedding night doorway. I did not scream. I grabbed the call button cord off the bedside table and threw it at his face as hard as I could.It bounced off Silas Cole's clerical collar and fell to the floor.Kael moved before I could blink, forearm across Silas's throat, slamming him back into the hallway wall so hard the framed cross rattled."You touch her," Kael snarled, "and I end you right here."Silas smiled, even with Kael choking him. "Hello, son-in-law.""Do not call me that," Kael said."Why not. You married her, did you not." Silas looked past Kael's shoulder right at me, at my stomach. "You look just like your mother did when she carried you.""Do not talk about my mother," I snapped. "You do not get to say her name. You do not get to look at me. You do not get to breathe the same air as my baby."Silas's smile thinned, just for a second, like I had actually hit a nerve. Good.The g
Last Updated: 2026-07-04
The Hockey Playboy's Plus Size Obsession
The Hockey Playboy Plus Size Series
Interconnected standalones — each book can be read on its own, but every romance delivers the same swoony, messy, addictive hockey world.
If you love playboy hockey stars, plus-size heroines, forced proximity, forbidden tension, and emotional love stories packed with heat, heart, and drama, welcome to The Hockey Playboy Series.
Book 1: The Hockey Playboy’s Plus Size Obsession
Mila Santiago has spent five years clawing her way up at Prime Sports Agency, determined to become a full agent while keeping two secrets buried: her estranged father is a beloved hockey broadcasting legend, and she once had a massive crush on the team’s star goalie, Jax Kingston.
Now she’s been assigned to babysit him.
Mila is supposed to keep him in line. Instead, she finds herself tangled up in the last man she should want.
What begins as forced proximity and sharp banter turns into late-night rooftop confessions, frozen pond skating, and a New Year’s kiss that changes everything. But with Mila’s career on the line, Jax’s guilt threatening to pull him under, and an anonymous photo ready to destroy them both, they’ll have to decide if the risk is worth the one thing neither of them saw coming: a once-in-a-lifetime love.
Book 2: The Hockey Playboy’s Plus Size Nanny
A broke plus-size pastry chef takes a live-in nanny job for the NHL's most notorious playboy to save her family bakery, only to find his five-year-old daughter is the easy part, resisting her grumpy, tattooed boss who keeps looking at her like she's dessert is not.
She’s supposed to be off-limits. He’s the last man she should ever fall for.
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Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 13Vanessa's pen clicked against the marble counter. My name was already typed on the resignation line."Sign," she said again.Lily stood between us with her bunny clutched to her chest. Her eyes were big. Scared."I want Mara," she whispered to Vanessa. "You said she could stay if I was good."Vanessa didn't look at her. "Lily, honey, go to your room.""No," Lily said. She stepped closer to me. "Mara.""Stop," Vanessa said. Her voice was sharp. "Go to your room now.""Don't talk to her like that," I said. My voice shook. "She's five.""She's mine," Vanessa said. "And you're nothing. Sign the paper and get out of my apartment before I call building security.""I'm not signing," I said.Vanessa smiled. "Then I hit send. Right now. All of them. To your mom. To every mom at Lily's school. To TMZ. To Nike. You choose."My phone was in her hand. My naked body was on her screen. My stomach turned."Mommy, don't," Lily said. She grabbed Vanessa's robe. "Please don't hurt Mara.""I'm
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Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 12Vanessa texted me a photo of Lily asleep in a bed that wasn't hers. Then she asked me to come alone.I showed Rook right away. My hands shook so bad I almost dropped the phone.Rook read it once. Then again. His face went hard."No," he said."Elian," Helen said, not looking up from her laptop where the TMZ photo was still open on her screen and getting uglier by the minute. "If she goes over there alone, Vanessa gets exactly what she wants. A photo of the nanny sneaking around outside custody time. Proof of harassment. Something to show a judge.""I'm not letting her go alone again," I said.Helen finally looked at me. "Mara. You're sweet. And you're in way over your head. Vanessa is not your friend. She's a woman with a lawyer who buys her groceries.""She has Lily," I said. "She texted me Lily. She said Lily misses me. What if she means it.""She doesn't," Rook said. His voice was low. "Mara, she hasn't texted Lily's teacher back in three months. She doesn't miss anyone.
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Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 11My hands went numb before my brain caught up. The photo glowed on my phone, ugly and grainy and real. Me on my knees in Rook's kitchen. His hand on my face. No context. All wrong.Rook was still outside my bedroom door. I heard him shift his weight."Mara," he said through the wood. "You okay in there.""No," I said. I opened the door fast. "No, I'm not."He took one look at my face and stepped inside, closing the door behind him. "What happened. Is it Lily.""Worse," I said. My voice shook. I held out my phone.He read the text from Derek. Read it again. His whole body went still in that scary way he had."When was this taken," he asked. His voice was flat."Last night," I said. "After the cookies. Before Lily called. He must have been outside. Long lens. He was watching us."Rook closed his eyes. "I'm going to kill him.""Don't say that," I said. "God, don't say that out loud.""He has photos of you in my house," he said, opening his eyes. "In my kitchen. On your knees. W
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Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 10Rook was in the truck before I finished reading the second text. He didn't grab shoes. Didn't grab his wallet. He just ran."Give me the address," he said, backing out of the garage so fast the tires squealed. "Now, Mara.""I don't have it," I said, my hands shaking so bad I almost dropped my phone. "Vanessa moved last year. She never told me. You didn't tell me.""I don't know it either," he said. His voice was flat, terrifying. "She changed buildings. New doorman. New everything. Helen has it in the file. Call Helen."It was two eighteen in the morning. I called anyway.Helen answered on the second ring, pissed and awake. "This better be life or death, Elian.""It's Lily," Rook said, putting her on speaker. "She texted Mara. She's at Vanessa's. She's scared. I need the address."Helen swore. "Texting you. Do not go there. You show up at Vanessa's door at two am and she'll call the cops. You'll violate the temporary order. You'll lose more than seventy two hours.""She's m
Last Updated: 2026-07-06
Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 9"If I go over there right now I'll kill someone," Rook said. "So tell me not to."We were sitting in his truck in the school parking lot twenty minutes after Mrs Kowalski called. The pickup lane was empty. The front doors were locked. A secretary inside mouthed sorry through the glass and pointed at a piece of paper taped to the door. COURT ORDER ON FILE. NO PICKUP WITHOUT MOTHER'S CONSENT."Don't," I said. My voice sounded thin. "Please don't."He gripped the steering wheel so hard his knuckles went white. "She took her from class, Mara. Pulled her out of circle time with a cop.""I know," I said."She hasn't spent a night with Vanessa in eight months," he said. "Lily's going to be scared.""I know," I said again, because I didn't know what else to say.He hit the wheel with the heel of his hand. Once. Hard. Then dropped his head forward and breathed."Sorry," he muttered."Don't be sorry," I said. "Be smart. What do we do."We. I said we like I had any right to. He didn't
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Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 8League PR looked at me like I was a stain on Rook's very expensive jersey. Then she smiled with all her teeth."So you're the nanny," she said.We were standing in a glass conference room at the Blizzard facility at six forty five in the morning. I hadn't slept. I was wearing jeans and the same green sweater from yesterday with coffee spilled down the front. Rook stood next to me in a team hoodie with his hair still wet from a shower he took in ninety seconds flat."I'm Mara Ellis," I said, holding out my hand.She didn't take it. "Tara Singh. League communications. Sit."I sat. Rook sat so close our knees knocked under the table. He didn't move his leg away.Coach Mack paced by the window with his arms crossed. He was older, gray buzz cut, face like a bulldog who lost a fight."Rousseau," Mack said. "You want to explain why TMZ is camped outside my rink at dawn talking about your nanny punching a kid at school.""She didn't punch anyone," Rook said. "My daughter did. To def
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Chapter: Chapter 32TEYARA'S POV I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Brielle was a deeply malicious woman, but how on earth did she manage to orchestrate a sabotage of this magnitude?"You're trying to figure out how I pulled it off, aren't you?" she bragged, a smug grin plastered across her face. "Oh, I know. I'm an absolute genius."She let out a twisted chuckle, thoroughly amused by her own cleverness."Alright, I'll spell it out for the idiot in the room—that's you..." She giggled again. "I had Adrian bribe an insider at the dealership to remotely hack their vehicle's computer system. They overrode the core mechanics to ensure the safety features fail completely. It is going to be a fatal collision, I guarantee you that. The trap is sprung. Absolutely nothing can stop my grand finale this time.""Don't you dare lay a finger on them!" I shrieked in absolute terror."Oh, sweetie, you've completely misread the situation," she corrected coldly, standing up from her desk but leaving the laptop behind
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Chapter: Chapter 31 TEYARA'S POV I was fully cognizant of how profoundly irrational my reasoning appeared in that particular moment. Contemplate it objectively. What manner of person deliberately jeopardizes their own existence to shield two individuals who have inflicted nothing but devastating emotional destruction? Jax had shattered my heart into irreparable fragments. Chloe, consumed by her own insecurities and perpetual confusion, had weaponized her vulnerability against me — though I found myself incapable of directing my fury entirely toward her.Nevertheless, irrespective of our turbulent history, I categorically refused to withdraw. I could not, in good conscience, permit innocent lives to be annihilated as collateral casualties in this grotesquely orchestrated war. That singular conviction was precisely why, in direct defiance of every rational instinct screaming within me, I elected to remain within the epicenter of danger. Brielle would inevitably return to gloat triumphantly about her late
Last Updated: 2026-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 30TEYARA'S POV A tiny glimmer of hope kept me going. In an hour, maybe less, flashing blue lights might arrive outside. That was assuming the emergency dispatcher actually took my frantic call seriously and didn't dismiss it as some sick joke. If they ignored me, I was finished. I just had to hold onto that hope. Without it, I would completely break.The heavy door groaned on its hinges. Someone walked inside. From the heavy footsteps and the arrogant posture, I knew instantly it wasn't Brielle."Hey there, gorgeous," Adrian said, stepping into the dim light.One of the thugs had come in a few minutes earlier to tie me securely back to the wooden chair, ensuring I couldn't move an inch. Adrian was finally making an appearance. I guessed he had been out executing his boss's orders."What do you want?" I spat out, glaring at him with pure disgust."I missed you," he chuckled, leaning in close to my face. "I needed to see your pretty face. Brielle told me the hospital hit didn't go as pla
Last Updated: 2026-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 29TEYARA'S POV I wanted to burst out laughing right then and there. The expression on Brielle's face was absolutely priceless. Her skin turned a deep, furious shade of red. She was utterly boiling with rage.A new detective — clearly a high-ranking officer on the force — had completely ruined her plan and saved Chloe. He hurried her back inside the building before I could see anything else on the video feed.Honestly, I didn't care about the details. The only thing that mattered was that Chloe and her baby were safe. I wouldn't have to carry the guilt of causing their deaths for the rest of my life."You look a little flushed, Brielle," I mocked, letting every single word drip with pure sarcasm. "Maybe you should go outside and cool off.""Shut your mouth!" she shrieked.Channeling all her violent anger, she swung her hand and slapped me across the cheek as hard as she could. My skin stung, but I didn't flinch."I need to fix this mess right now," she muttered to herself, pacing wildly
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Chapter: Chapter 28TEYARA'S POV What in heaven's name had I just done?I wished desperately to break free from her grasp and strike myself until I bled. I could not have chosen Jax over Chloe. I could not have made such a choice between two people.Brielle had merely been grating on my nerves, and I blurted out the first name that crossed my mind.Could her words have contained some fragment of truth? Why would I still consider saving Jax after all his wicked deeds toward me?Did some part of me still harbor feelings for him? No!I could not love someone like that! I simply could not! He had hurt me, betrayed me, shattered my trust.My family had deserted me. My friends had abandoned me. All because of him. There was no possible way I loved him. Frankly, I would rather end my own life than fall in love with Jax Mitchell.Yet that still did not answer the question of why his name had escaped my lips. Perhaps it was guilt for the pain I had caused him. I was so utterly confused.Now Chloe was in danger.
Last Updated: 2026-06-23
Chapter: Chapter 27Inspector's POV I abandoned every case file on my desk, leaving them to gather dust for another day. My focus had narrowed to a single point—this murder investigation. I have never, in all my years of service, been so utterly consumed by a case.My first step is to examine the bullet casings. Once I have the names, I can narrow the search and bring the perpetrator to justice. Perhaps then I will finally find some semblance of peace. To mutilate a fellow human being's body is an act of unimaginable cruelty. Heartless. When I conclude this investigation, Mr. John will finally find the rest he deserves, wherever he may be.My patience was wearing thin. I needed those names now. My thoughts were spiraling, and I had to act quickly.As if responding to my mental demands, my officer carefully placed a sheet of paper on my desk.I lifted it, and four names were printed in bold letters:· Chloe, Recently became Chloe Mitchell.· Brielle· Teyara· Jax"Excellent work, Officer. Now, what do w
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