Act on Instinct

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Nairie I’m a twenty-three-year-old virgin still living with my parents and working a soul-sucking job. I promise it gets better. The virginity thing and career are a work in progress. I started dating one of the nude models from my art class, so I’m already killing two birds with one stone. Now I can live a little before my parents marry me off to whatever suitor matches their criteria. Besides, I’m not looking for the perfect guy. He doesn’t even exist. I mean, he does, but he doesn’t know I exist. It’s not like my best friend’s hot, older, Scottish half brother is remotely even an option. The one I’ve been in love with since I was seven. Yeah, not gonna happen. Last time we saw each other, I was sixteen and he was enlisting in the royal service. I never thought we’d see each other again, but when my best friend’s mom passes away and we need help picking up the pieces, he’s the first person I call. William Since getting out of the special forces, I haven’t had a minute to just think. I opened up a bed-and-breakfast in Inverness with my mum, and business has been good, but that’s left little room for anything else. The last thing I need is to be taken away from work, but when I hear about my American half sister’s mum passing, I drop everything to help her. Getting her business back on track is the least I can do. I know her best friend, Nairie, has been helping her take care of things. She was always a nice enough lass and a good friend. But when the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen opens the door, I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to leave. Nairie is all grown up and as sweet as I remembered. Of course, I’ll eventually have to go back to the UK. My life is in Scotland, and there are dangers back home I could never expose her to. But a part of me wishes I was good enough for her, that us being together was worth all the risks. Tropes Curvy FMC Scottish MMC She falls first, he falls harder It's always been you Friends to lovers Open-door scenes Suspense Forced proximity Grumpy sunshine Best friend’s brother Cozy inn HEA Recommended for audiences 18+

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Act on Instinct: content & age rating

Intended for adult readers (18+).

This adult contemporary romance contains explicit sex scenes (open-door), moderate language, and deals with parental death and grief. Recommended only for mature readers 18+.