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MORE THAN I COULD by Adriana Locke
Release Date: February 27th
Genre/Tropes: Grumpy + Sunshine, Single Dad + Nanny, Small Town Romance


MORE THAN I COULD by USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke is NOW LIVE!
Grab this all-new grumpy/sunshine, single dad + nanny, small town romance TODAY!

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EXCERPT
As soon as we’re alone, the air shifts. Shadows dance across the tabletop. Megan’s jasmine perfume scents the air, and my body temperature rises.
I struggle to remember our conversation yesterday. I remind myself that my child—the same one that occupied the seat next to me a minute ago—is my priority. Over and over, I replay all the reasons why I can’t afford to get off track.
Why I can’t touch Megan Kramer.
My muscles tighten in my stomach and across the back of my neck as I lift my gaze from the tabletop to her.
She grins. It’s simple, but when coupled with the heat in her eyes, there’s nothing sweet about it. “That was fun.”
I hold her gaze, unable to look away.
This is the first day, Chase. Twenty-nine more to go. Don’t blow it already.
I smirk and push away from the table.
I need to put some distance between us before things get really fun.


Blurb
This nanny makes things hard for her boss.

Chase Marshall is many things:
An attentive single dad
Jaw-droppingly gorgeous
My employer for the next thirty days

He’s also the bane of my existence.
He swears I’m a never-ending headache—the most infuriating woman he’s ever met.
If I’m so irritating, then what’s up with the lingering looks when he thinks I’m not watching?
The seemingly innocent touches while making breakfast?
The smirk that graces his kissable lips after one of our verbal spars after his daughter has gone to bed?
One minute he’s coming to my rescue. The next second he’s complaining about how I fold his work shirts. Fine. Fold them yourself.
It turns out that the only time I don’t get under Chase’s skin is when I’m under him.
And that’s where things get complicated.

From USA Today Bestselling author Adriana Locke comes a grumpy, blue-collar single dad that falls hard for his new nanny. This small-town romance is a standalone novel with tons of heat and even more heart.


MY REVIEW

Megan was volunteered for this temporary job as a nanny for her mom's friend's son and his daughter, but things don't start off well when that father turns out to be the gorgeous but grumpy guy who saved her when her car was broken down on the side of the road. To top it off, he heard her call him a grumpy cat to his mom. Sure, she also said he was a hottie...but calling your new boss, even if you don't know he's your boss yet, a grumpy cat isn't a great way to begin any kind of relationship.


Chase lives his life for his teen daughter, Kennedy, but he needs temporary help with her while his parents are out of town. Enter a beautiful but very disruptive and distracting, Megan, and suddenly that life is looking so much brighter. But this ray of sunshine might not stick around after her temporary stay is over if he can't step up and admit how much he and Kennedy need her, and how he really feels about her.


Adriana Locke is the absolute master of small town romances. Chase and Megan are signature Adriana, with all the heart and heat she's known for, with a grumpster who's swoon worthy beneath the dour exterior, and the most adorable and slightly vulnerable heroine. Kennedy is the very real teen we either were, or know, and the rest of secondary cast has me anxiously waiting for more of this family and this town.


About the Author
USA Today Bestselling author, Adriana Locke, writes contemporary romances about the two things she knows best—big families and small towns. Her stories are about ordinary people finding extraordinary love with the perfect combination of heart, heat, and humor.

She loves connecting with readers, fall weather, football, reading alpha heroes, everything pumpkin, and pretending to garden.

Hailing from a tiny town in the Midwest, Adriana spends her free time with her high school sweetheart (who she married over twenty-five years ago) and their four sons (who truly are her best work). Her kitchen may be a perpetual disaster, and if all else fails, there is always pizza.

Learn more at adrianalocke.com.


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