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Vows in the Dark

(2026)
A collection of stories by

 
 
Nanny for Surprising Biker:

I only took the nanny job to start over.
Not to fall for a dangerous silver-templed biker dad.
Not to become the safest place his kids knew.
And definitely not to crave his touch.

Ben was supposed to be my boss.
Quiet. Intense. Off-limits.
The kind of man with a past and enemies who didn’t forget.

But every morning at his kitchen table…
Every bedtime story with his daughter in my lap…
Every look he gave me like I already belonged…

My heart stopped listening to the rules.

Then the threats started.
The kind that remind you his world isn’t soft.
It’s steel, engines, and men who solve problems the hard way.

He said he’d protect his family.
The scary part?
I wanted to be included in that word.

I came to his house as the nanny.
I never planned to stay as the woman he couldn’t let go.

But loving a biker with a guarded heart and two kids watching closely?
That might be the most dangerous ride of all.

If I trust him with my heart…
Will he catch me—
Or will his past drag us all down with it?

Chased by Annoying Fireman:

Who’s the stubborn fireman glaring at me like I just insulted his entire town?

Oh great…

The hottest man in this small town already hates me.

I came here to build a data center.

A simple project.
A good promotion.
Three months in a quiet town before heading back to the city.

Easy.

Except the local fireman thinks my project is the worst thing to ever happen to this place.

Tommy Harris.
Hero firefighter.
Town favorite.
Infuriatingly handsome.

Every time we meet, sparks fly.
And not the good kind.

Until the night a fire breaks out at my construction site.

Then a bomb is discovered.

And suddenly the annoying fireman who can’t stand me is the only man standing between my project… and disaster.

Now we’re chasing danger together.
Working side by side.

And the more time I spend with him…

The harder it is to remember why we were enemies in the first place.

This fireman might drive me crazy.

But the way he protects me…
The way he refuses to walk away…

Makes me wonder if the biggest danger of all

is falling for the man who was supposed to hate me.

Unexpected Grumpy Cowboy Daddy:

I thought I was only taking a temporary job at a snow-covered ranch.

Then one lantern-lit path changed everything.

A silver-fox cowboy with steady hands.

A little boy who builds maps of kindness.

And a home I never saw coming.

Every winter night at Cedar Ridge pulls me deeper into Ben’s world.

A world of warm barns, glowing porch lights, and a man who notices every need before I can name it.

His quiet strength makes every storm feel softer.

His son’s sweet heart turns every hard path into something safe.

And every time Ben’s body brushes mine in the dark, the cold outside is the last thing on my mind.

But trusting this life means believing I deserve more than temporary shelter.

It means risking my heart on a ranch, a family, and a future that already feels dangerously like home.

When winter’s hardest night finally comes, will I keep treating Cedar Ridge like a place to survive…

Or admit this silver fox cowboy and his little boy have built the one home I never want to leave?



Genre: Romance

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