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Daddy Issues

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Sometimes love shows up where you least expect it - right next door.

At 26, Sam doesn’t feel like she’s living the adult life she was destined to have. Rather than enjoying a thriving academic career in an exciting city, she’s working a dead-end waitressing job, navigating a situationship that’s both toxic and intoxicating in equal measure, and living in her mom’s condo. At least it isn’t her basement . . . right?

Her mom’s new neighbor, Nick, is the ultimate grown up. His nine-year-old daughter Kira is his world, her happiness his only priority, especially in the wake of his divorce. There’s nothing he wouldn’t do for her, including giving up his globe-trotting job for a more stable one. Even if it’s as the manager of a chain restaurant in Ohio.

Sam has zero interest in an ultra-dependable guy pushing forty, and frankly she’s a little afraid of kids, too. But with just one thin wall separating the condos, Nick proves difficult to avoid. Soon, Sam’s unexpected connection with Nick heats up, and before long Sam finds herself falling for a man whose life couldn’t be more different from her own…

'Clever, honest, sexy, funny, emotional, unique and deeply romantic' Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

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Clever, honest, sexy, funny, emotional, unique, and deeply romantic. Kate Goldbeck is in a class by herself—no one does it as beautifully as her!

Ali Hazelwood, bestselling author of THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS

About Kate Goldbeck

Kate Goldbeck studied film, art history, and digital media. She’s designed award-winning museum exhibits and immersive experiences all over the world. Atlanta is her current home and her new passion is fostering the world’s most adorable dogs.
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