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THE BAD BOY EXPERIMENT – Reese Ryan
The Bourbon Brothers series
Harlequin Desire #2849
ISBN: 978—1-335-73538-6
January 2022
Contemporary Series Romance

Magnolia Lake, Tennessee – Present Day

Back in high school, Renee Lockwood had a crush on bad boy Cole Abbott. But bad boys are not good for your heart if you want them to fall in love with you. Cole and Renee are now adults, and only she has changed. Now a divorced mother of an autistic child, she isn’t looking for a commitment. After Cole and Renee reconnect and become neighbors, she wonders if she should give into Cole’s charm and bed him. After all, it’s not like he’s going to ask her to marry him…

Cole likes Renee and asks her to be his plus one at several upcoming family events that he is required to attend. She agrees and this leads to them spending some time alone. He likes her son, Mercer, and the feeling is mutual, which is big because autistic children can sometimes be difficult to befriend. Cole wants his friendship with Renee to switch to that of friends with benefits. He knows that she doesn’t want marriage, so why not a fling? Is it because she’s afraid that it would ruin their friendship? Or that she would fall in love with him?

All Renee had heard growing up was that bad boys were bad. In THE BAD BOY EXPERIMENT, Cole is the ultimate bad boy. He loves fast cars and easy women. She doesn’t want to be another notch on his bedpost. Her son’s well-being is the most important thing to her. But after Mercer proves to be receptive to Cole and his big black truck—she lets him into their lives. Of course, since he now lives next door makes it easy for them to see each other. Going on “dates” to parties only adds to the growing attraction between them. She’s afraid of falling in love with him. Can she go into a fling with him without losing her heart to him?

Cole is feeling a bit lost within his own family as he’s not needed in the family whiskey business. His family is close, and he’s seen most of his siblings either marry or become engaged. But Cole doesn’t plan to become tied to a woman. At least, not now while he can sow his oats. Back in high school, Renee had caught his eye, but she made it clear they couldn’t be a “thing.” Now that she’s living next door, he hopes that will change. Okay, he’s not looking to make a commitment, but she appears amenable to that part of his plan. But once they start sleeping together, Renee says those three little words that a bachelor hates to hear…

An engaging and sensual romance, readers will watch as Renee and Cole build a relationship that soon leads to love. Will they get a happy-ever-after? Find out by picking up THE BAD BOY EXPERIMENT.

Patti Fischer

 
   
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