book cover of Working for Keeps
 

Working for Keeps

(2026)
(A book in the Hard Hat Hotties series)
A novel by

 
 
She broke his heart and ran. Three years later, corporate is sending her back to gut his factory.

Vera Warden left Forge Creek, Colorado with nothing but a goodbye letter on Mick Hayes's kitchen table. She wanted a career; he wanted a life rooted in the valley he'd never leave. So she told herself that walking away was a mercy.

Now she's back as the company's hatchet—and the union steward standing between her audit and four hundred jobs is the one man she swore she'd never face again.

Mick remembers all of it. The letter. The empty bed. The way she came apart under his hands. And he has no intention of making her job easy.

But when Vera discovers the company's plans go far beyond budget cuts, she has to choose: protect the career she bled for, or fight for the town she abandoned—and the man she left in it. She can't do both.

A small-town, second-chance union romance with simmering tension, scorching chemistry, and a guaranteed HEA.


The blue collar heroes of Forge Creek, Colorado work hard, play harder, and fall fastest of all. From carpenters and welders to foremen and heavy equipment operators, these hardworking heartthrobs aren’t afraid to get dirty—or to claim the women who knock them off their feet. Hard Hat Hotties is a series of short, steamy, happily-ever-afters where every man has a tool belt, a rough touch, and a soft spot for the one woman meant to be his.

Join 12 of your favorite (or soon to be favorite) authors for a brand new, swoon-worthy, steamy series!


Genre: Romance



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