Sometimes all it takes is one chance encounter to change your life forever.
BREXLEY
After years of hard work finally paying off, I am perfectly content with my life just the way it is, thank you very much. I've built my bookstore from the ground up with my very best friend, and certainly don't need any distractions. Which is why the more than six feet of tattooed man-muscle waltzing into our favorite bar can—under no uncertain circumstances—be anything more than a chemistry-crazed one night stand. Or two. Three max, okay?
RHYETT
Everything always works out how it's supposed to…as long as I follow my gut. When I traded the cloudy, gray mountains of Mistyvale, Alaska for the endless summer of Florida's gulf coast, I didn't expect my intuition to lead me straight to the feisty and fiercely independent Brexley Snows. Let alone that I'd find myself falling for a woman ten years my junior, though her business suave certainly doesn't show it.
Lucky for her, I've never been a man that gives up easy. Persuading my grumpy Florida fling to slow down and come South of The Skyway might be my greatest endeavor yet.
SOUTH OF THE SKYWAY
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Sydne Barnett is a lover of spunky, badass heroines, and heroes that embrace their wild. She's an avid reader, never turns down a good cup of coffee, loves hiking with her hubby, Joel, and lives for finding their next adventure. Her debut romantic fantasy novel, Commanding Flame And Shield, released January 2023.
If she's not writing, you can probably find her behind her camera, swimming, or curled up with a homemade pastry, watching Friends, HYMYM, or Gilmore Girls.
Raised in the Treasure Valley, Idaho, Sydne has a love for one-light towns, and winding backroads, but refusing to ignore her soul's call for adventure, she hit the road with her family, and now they call the world their home.
Hi, I'm Sydne
Elora
My life was a well choreographed dance of success—the only thing missing was the grant to fund the foundation of my dreams. With a little luck, that should be in the bag by the end of the week. Everything was falling exactly into place. At least…it was until I showed up to an overbooked hotel, and my saving grace showed up in the mouthwatering six-foot form of none other than my high school crush, and brothers’ best friend, Broderick Allen. The commotion of a bustling lobby came to an abrupt halt as I found myself face-to-face with the one man I could never forget.
Believe me, I tried.
I had no choice but accept his offer to share a room, making the once-anticipated conference into my own personal torture chamber. Screw the competition. Could I just manage to survive the week with my dignity intact?
Broderick
As much as I loved teaching at Mistyvale’s local college, the promise of dry heat and Las Vegas sunshine had me nearly as excited as the grant I’d be vying for. It was supposed to be a mini vacation and dream opportunity all in one. But even my years of meticulous planning couldn’t prepare me for the bombshell standing in the hotel lobby.
Now, the one woman I could never have was sharing my room. Long, lean, with mouthwatering little curves I’d always ached to touch, Elora Rhodes was every man’s fantasy, not to mention a total powerhouse in business.
With Mistyvale’s snooping eyes out of the equation, everything was different, and Elora felt a lot like…mine. My loyalty to her brothers had always kept us apart, but now, the rules were shifting. Elora was no longer the “little” sister from our childhood. I might’ve flown to Vegas with my eyes on the grant, but if I played my cards right, I could claim a much bigger prize. The question was: would I lose everything I’d worked so hard for, and my two best friends in the process?
Finding a Way Back Home
