FIVE REASONS: The Closed-Door Edition

Raven Cummings has spent seventeen years proving she doesn't need anyone.She raised her daughter alone, built a life behind the bar at a neighborhood Irish pub, and perfected the art of keeping her secrets exactly where they belong-close to her chest. Especially the biggest one.Then seventeen-year-old Jade takes a job with Ronan O'Connor.Ronan is infuriating, judgmental, far too observant-and the younger brother of the one man Raven never wants to discuss.For years, Ronan has kept his distance from Raven for reasons neither of them has ever been willing to examine too closely. But when Jade unknowingly steps straight into the middle of the O'Connor family, seventeen years of carefully maintained silence begin to unravel.Suddenly, Ronan and Raven are spending far too much time together.Talking about Jade.Arguing about Jade.Definitely only thinking about Jade.Until one argument ends with a kiss neither of them can pretend was a mistake.Raven can think of at least five very good reasons why falling for Ronan O'Connor is a terrible idea. Unfortunately, every late-night conversation, stolen touch, and unexpectedly tender moment gives her another reason to ignore them.But secrets have consequences, and when the truth finally comes out, Raven may lose far more than the man she never meant to love.Five Reasons is a fade to black contemporary romance featuring mature characters in their forties, enemies-to-lovers tension, years of buried attraction, complicated family secrets, a fiercely protective single mother, and a guaranteed HEA.CONTENT WARNING: This book contains fade to black intimacy, strong language, infidelity in the characters' past, an unacknowledged child, complicated family relationships, smoking, and emotionally difficult discussions involving abandonment and parental choices. Intended for mature readers.