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Dream Big, Start Small Series

Never Settle
Book One
Sophie
I'm still waiting for my big break.
And it'd help if everyone would stop reminding me that I actually can't sing. I can. Or someday, I will. Until then, I can focus on a reset in moving back home to help my grandpa pay rent.
Unfortunately, it turns out I'm just as lousy at cleaning a house as I am at hitting the right notes.
Fortunately, I'm not lacking eye candy in my new employer, this wealthy pushover investor who has no lawful right to be this sexy.
He's a lost cause, bossed around by his mother to settle for a woman he doesn't want. A woman unlike me. That works out just fine because I know he's wrong for me, anyway.
Until he's not…
Lance
I'm stuck in the same old.
And it would be nice if I could get over my ex on my terms, not my mother's as she suffers from grandbaby fever. I'd like to start a family, I really do, but finding a compatible woman has to happen first.
Unfortunately, my mother and aunt have had enough, issuing me an ultimatum to grow up, entertain the dates they match me with, and look like I'll give up bachelorhood.
Fortunately, that two-month deadline to look like I'm taken comes with a stipulation that I get my house cleaned up with the help of one eccentric, klutzy housekeeper who teases me to desire her from afar.
Until I don't…

Embrace Change
Book Two
Sophie
I'm not sure if this will break me.
Being attracted to my employer isn't a smart plan, but it's not like I anticipated how endearing and oddly captivating Lance Thomas could be.
Unfortunately, I'm nowhere closer to paying off Grandpa's rent or feeling confident about the singing competition I'm entering.
Fortunately, I'm treated to a whole new experience of Lance doting on me, kissing me until I'm lost under his spell, and excited to play house.
He's busier than usual, away for work and still obligated to prove to his mother that he will settle down and start a family soon. It almost feels like we are one, the both of us unable to keep our hands off each other and accidentally adopting the cutest puppy.
Nothing seems wise about caving to our attraction, but it feels too good to resist. When he dares to ask me to come to a family party with him though, I have to wonder if my heart can handle being broken by the things that hold us apart.
Lance
I'm certain she could fix me.
Making a move on Sophie might be my smartest decision or worst mistake, but riding it out with her more than just "fun" like she claims. Nothing has changed about my mother's mandate to grow up and settle with a wife.
Unfortunately, Sophie seems like the only woman I want to be compatible with, hungry for her touches and addicted to her laughter.
Fortunately, she's willing to meet me in the middle while we hide our relationship from the prying eyes of my mother and aunt.
Nothing lasting can come from keeping Sophie a secret, but as I consider standing up to my mother and telling her to go ahead and cut me off, I can't ruin Sophie's chances of keeping her job. When she suggests waiting until the end of the summer, I find myself thinking about how I don't want her to go at all when she's so good at filling that missing piece in my soul.

Dream Boldly
Book Three
Sophie
Give me a break.
When I agreed to be Lance's fake date to that party, I hadn't anticipated on it ending with him going back to his ex. Maybe I jumped to conclusions about how his night went. He didn't take her back after all, but it doesn't help when she shows up again. Or when his mother is convinced that she's the one who's just right for him.
I can't escape how he feels just right for me.
We're already getting close, living together and being semi-responsible pet owners. It's so easy to envision us being a real couple forever.
I wish he could've been stronger and stood up for me when his mother finds out that I've been doing a lot more than cleaning the house—or trying to. But it all comes down to what I should dream for, and what I can lose when I have a chance for my big break.
Lance
Talk about a lucky break.
When I clammed up at the idea of my ex preying on me, it backfired. Maybe I was too weak to stand up to her since I loathe confrontations. Sophie gets me though, and she understands me like no other. Not even my mother, who seems stuck on wanting the wrong woman to be her daughter-in-law.
I'm stuck on how I can keep the right woman this time.
We click and collide, over cars, vet visits, and how she won't disappoint her grandfather.
I wish she could have faith in us when my mother threatens to fire her. But it all boils down to what I've been dreaming about for so long, starting a family and being truly happy with the woman who needs to decide if this is the moment we break away from all the expectations holding us apart.
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