I Let My Father's Best Friend Taste Me
Harlow Vance has spent twenty four years feeling invisible. Her younger brother is the success story, the one her father brags about, the one who can do no wrong.
Desperate to feel something, to feel wanted, she decides to lose her virginity. Not to some boy her age who will fumble and forget her by morning, but to a man. A dominant she has been chatting with online for weeks, someone who calls her a brat and makes her pulse race with every message.
She agrees to meet him at Radiant, an exclusive BDSM club in Pittsburgh. She uses a fake name. She plans for one night, nothing more.
But when the door opens, it is not a stranger staring down at her.
It is Kael Hawthorne. Her father's best friend. Her father's business partner. The man she has been secretly aching for since she was old enough to notice the way his gaze lingered on her a moment too long.
Kael should push her away. He should call Julian and tell him his daughter is in a place she does not belong. Instead, he pulls her into the room and shuts the door.
But secrets have a way of slithering out. And when Julian walks into Radiant and finds his daughter on her knees for his best friend, everything Harlow has built with Kael threatens to shatter.
What do you think will happen?
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Chapter: Chapter 56KAEL'S POV Elena Rose Hawthorne was six weeks old and already running my entire house.I was up on a little ladder hanging the mobile Sage bought, the one with the felt stars that played lullabies, and Harlow was in the doorway with Elena on her hip giving me that look."Your daughter is doing it again," she said.I didn't even have to ask what it was. When I left the room, Elena held her breath until I came back. Dramatic. Just like her mother."She learned that trick from you," I said, trying to get the mobile straight. "You can't reward emotional blackmail."Harlow walked in, Elena bright eyed and completely faking it, and then the second Elena saw me she stopped crying and blew a big spit bubble right at me and smiled that gummy, toothless smile."She didn't miss me," I said. "She's conning us both.""She absolutely missed you," Harlow said. "You left for ninety seconds. You texted me twelve times yesterday when I went to buy milk. She gets it from you."I climbed down and took h
Last Updated: 2026-07-08
Chapter: Chapter 55HARLOW'S POV Home smelled like lemon cleaner, fresh paint, and panic. Mostly panic. Kael’s panic. “You’re sure this is the right temperature,” he said for the fourth time, hovering over the bottle warmer like it might explode. “The nurse said 98 degrees. This says 97.4. That is point six degrees off, Harlow.” “Kael,” I said, balancing Elena on my shoulder while she made tiny dinosaur noises against my neck. “She is not a NASA launch. She is a baby. Babies have been eating milk at room temperature since the dawn of time.” “Not my baby,” he said, grabbing the bottle and shaking it like it owed him money. “My baby gets exact specifications. My baby gets perfection.” “Your baby gets fed before she chews my collarbone off,” I said. Elena chose that moment to prove my point and let out a wail that could have shattered glass. Three weeks old and she already had her father’s lung capacity. Kael moved faster than I’d seen him move in a boardroom. Bottle in hand, baby from me to
Last Updated: 2026-07-07
Chapter: Chapter 54KaelHe is gone.Two words. Three syllables. And my entire world tilted on its axis while my daughter fought for her life behind glass and my wife sat in a wheelchair shaking like a leaf."Say that again," I said to the nurse. My voice did not sound like mine. Too calm. Too cold. The kind of calm that happened right before I put someone in the ground.The nurse flinched. "Mr. Hawthorne, the detective is waiting outside. He said Silas Cole escaped transport. He hurt two officers. They are in surgery now."Harlow's hand found mine on her shoulder and clamped down, nails biting through my shirt. "Kael."I looked down at her. She was pale, lips white, IV taped to her arm, wrapped in blankets that did not hide the fact she had almost died six hours ago. Our daughter was three feet away in an incubator with tubes in her nose. And Silas Cole was loose."Kael," Harlow said again, sharper this time. "Look at me."I did. Her eyes were terrified, but clear. Present. Not panicking. Assessing. Pla
Last Updated: 2026-07-07
Chapter: Chapter 53HARLOW'S POV The blood on the sheets was warm and wet and mine, and all I could think was I never got to hold her. I never got to see her face.Hands grabbed my arms, my legs, ripped the blanket away. Kael was shouting my name somewhere far away, but I could not see him through the crowd of blue scrubs."Pressure is dropping," someone yelled. "Sixty over forty.""Placental abruption," another voice snapped. "We are losing the baby."No. No. No.I tried to sit up. A nurse pushed me back down. "Harlow, stay still. We have to get you to the OR now.""Where is Kael," I gasped. "Where is my husband.""I am here," his voice broke through the chaos, rough and wrecked. "Baby, I am right here."I turned my head. He was pressed against the wall by security, his face white, his eyes wild."Let him through," I screamed. "Let him come to me.""Ma'am, he cannot come into surgery," the nurse said. "You are hemorrhaging. We have to go now.""Kael," I sobbed. "Do not let them take her. Promise me you
Last Updated: 2026-07-06
Chapter: Chapter 52KAEL'S POV Silas Cole stood behind my father in law with a hospital key card in his hand and a smile on his face like he had already won. I moved before Julian could turn around, putting my body between Harlow and that doorway."Get away from her," I said.Julian spun, saw Silas, went white. "How did you get out.""Your security is very bad at their job, Julian," Silas said pleasantly. "Just like it was twenty five years ago. Rain. Whiskey. Elena begging you not to drive.""Shut your mouth," Julian snarled.Harlow sat up in bed behind me, the sheet clutched to her chest, diamond flashing on her left hand. "Dad. Is it true."Julian did not turn around. "Harlow, baby girl, please—""Did you kill Mom," Harlow asked. Flat. Clear.Julian's shoulders dropped all at once. "Yes."The monitor beeped steady behind us. Thump thump thump."I was drunk," Julian said, voice raw. "Your mother and I fought. About money. About Silas stealing from the company. She grabbed my keys. Tried to leave. I gr
Last Updated: 2026-07-05
Chapter: Chapter 51HARLOW'S POV The man who tried to kill my baby called himself Daddy and smiled at me from my wedding night doorway. I did not scream. I grabbed the call button cord off the bedside table and threw it at his face as hard as I could.It bounced off Silas Cole's clerical collar and fell to the floor.Kael moved before I could blink, forearm across Silas's throat, slamming him back into the hallway wall so hard the framed cross rattled."You touch her," Kael snarled, "and I end you right here."Silas smiled, even with Kael choking him. "Hello, son-in-law.""Do not call me that," Kael said."Why not. You married her, did you not." Silas looked past Kael's shoulder right at me, at my stomach. "You look just like your mother did when she carried you.""Do not talk about my mother," I snapped. "You do not get to say her name. You do not get to look at me. You do not get to breathe the same air as my baby."Silas's smile thinned, just for a second, like I had actually hit a nerve. Good.The g
Last Updated: 2026-07-04
The Hockey Playboy's Plus Size Obsession
The Hockey Playboy Plus Size Series
Interconnected standalones — each book can be read on its own, but every romance delivers the same swoony, messy, addictive hockey world.
If you love playboy hockey stars, plus-size heroines, forced proximity, forbidden tension, and emotional love stories packed with heat, heart, and drama, welcome to The Hockey Playboy Series.
Book 1: The Hockey Playboy’s Plus Size Obsession
Mila Santiago has spent five years clawing her way up at Prime Sports Agency, determined to become a full agent while keeping two secrets buried: her estranged father is a beloved hockey broadcasting legend, and she once had a massive crush on the team’s star goalie, Jax Kingston.
Now she’s been assigned to babysit him.
Mila is supposed to keep him in line. Instead, she finds herself tangled up in the last man she should want.
What begins as forced proximity and sharp banter turns into late-night rooftop confessions, frozen pond skating, and a New Year’s kiss that changes everything. But with Mila’s career on the line, Jax’s guilt threatening to pull him under, and an anonymous photo ready to destroy them both, they’ll have to decide if the risk is worth the one thing neither of them saw coming: a once-in-a-lifetime love.
Book 2: The Hockey Playboy’s Plus Size Nanny
A broke plus-size pastry chef takes a live-in nanny job for the NHL's most notorious playboy to save her family bakery, only to find his five-year-old daughter is the easy part, resisting her grumpy, tattooed boss who keeps looking at her like she's dessert is not.
She’s supposed to be off-limits. He’s the last man she should ever fall for.
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Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 23The phone was still ringing in Rook's hand, and the cold air made my nose sting while I waited to hear what Helen had to say. I told him to answer it quickly because Helen never called on Saturdays unless something important happened, and I was afraid that good news would get cold if we waited too long.Rook answered and put it on speaker so I could hear, and Helen said that she had news and that it was actually good for once. She said that Judge Morales reviewed the police reports about Mark and the blog and the bakery, and that she was satisfied that Rook and I were not responsible for the harassment and that we followed her order exactly. Helen said that the judge was willing to move the full custody review up from sixty days to thirty days because of our cooperation and because Lily's therapist wrote a letter saying that Lily was thriving with the current arrangement.I asked if that meant that I could come home sooner, and Helen said that it meant that the review would
Last Updated: 2026-07-19
Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 22The camera click behind us made my hand tighten around the key, and I turned quickly because I thought it was another blog trying to catch us breaking the judge's order. It was not a blog, and it was Mrs Kowalski standing ten feet away with her phone out and Lily peeking from behind her coat, and she was smiling like she had just caught us doing something wonderful instead of something wrong.Mrs Kowalski said that she forgot Lily's water bottle and came back to get it, and that she could not help taking a picture because we looked so nice in the snow. She showed us the photo, and it was not the hand holding or the key or anything the judge would care about, and it was just Rook looking at me and me looking at him with the burned cookie between us. I let out a breath I did not know I was holding, and Rook laughed and said that Mrs Kowalski was going to get us in trouble.Mrs Kowalski said that love was not trouble and that the judge should mind her own business, and then sh
Last Updated: 2026-07-18
Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 21The hotel phone was still buzzing in my hand when Helen called my cell, and her voice was calm in a way that told me she already knew what happened. She told me that the police traced the call to the lobby phone in my old hotel, and that the person who made it was the same security guard named Mark, and that they arrested him ten minutes ago in the parking garage with a burner phone and a stack of printed photos.I asked her what the photo of my mom's bakery meant, and she said that it was not what I thought it was, and that my mom had taken the plywood down herself this morning and had a painter put up a closed forever sign as a joke to scare Derek if he came back. She said that my mom sent her a picture an hour ago laughing about it, and that the person who threatened me just reused a photo my mom posted on Facebook because he was watching my social media.I felt my shoulders drop for the first time in three days, and I told Helen that I was tired of being scared, and s
Last Updated: 2026-07-18
Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 20The photograph in my hands felt heavier than paper should feel, and the message on the back made my blood run cold because it threatened Lily instead of me. I turned the photo over and looked at the image again, and I could tell that it was taken through my bedroom window from the building across the street, and that meant someone had been watching us even when we thought we were alone.Mrs Kowalski saw my face and asked me what was wrong, and I folded the photo in half and put it in my pocket before Lily could see it. I told Mrs Kowalski that it was nothing and that we should get Lily to the car, and she looked at me like she did not believe me but she did what I asked because she could see that I was trying to keep Lily calm. Rook was still standing across the street, and I caught his eye and shook my head once, and he frowned because he knew that something had happened but he could not come over.We walked Lily to the car that Helen arranged, and Mrs Kowalski buckled her
Last Updated: 2026-07-17
Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 19 The video of Rook with a red dot on his forehead kept replaying in my head, and I could not make my hands stop shaking long enough to hold my phone properly. I called Helen immediately because she told me to call her the second anything new happened, and I knew that a threat with a laser pointer was not something we could ignore until morning. Helen answered on the second ring, and she sounded awake even though it was almost midnight, which made me think that she had not gone to bed at all. I told her about the video, and I told her about the text that said accidents could happen and that I should keep Rook away from Lily and away from me. She told me to forward the video right now and to lock my hotel door and not to open it for anyone except the police or her. I forwarded the video with fingers that felt too cold, and Helen was quiet for ten seconds after she opened it, and then she said that she was calling her contact at the police department and that I needed to call
Last Updated: 2026-07-15
Chapter: THE HOCKEY PLAYBOY'S PLUS SIZE NANNYChapter 18The video thumbnail on my phone made my stomach turn because the angle made it look like Rook and I were kissing in the bakery when we were only standing close together in the dark. I did not reply to the unknown number because Helen told me never to engage with a blackmailer, and I had learned the hard way that silence was the only leverage I had left.I sat on the edge of the hotel bed with my suitcase still zipped by the door because unpacking felt like admitting I was going to stay here for longer than one night. The room was clean and white and quiet in a way that made every noise from the hallway sound too loud, and I kept expecting to hear Lily call for me from the next room even though I knew she was across the city in her own bed.Rook texted me at seven twelve in the morning, right after he dropped Lily at school, and his message was short but careful because we both knew that Helen was probably reading everything we sent to each other. He wrote that Lily asked
Last Updated: 2026-07-14
Chapter: Chapter 32TEYARA'S POV I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Brielle was a deeply malicious woman, but how on earth did she manage to orchestrate a sabotage of this magnitude?"You're trying to figure out how I pulled it off, aren't you?" she bragged, a smug grin plastered across her face. "Oh, I know. I'm an absolute genius."She let out a twisted chuckle, thoroughly amused by her own cleverness."Alright, I'll spell it out for the idiot in the room—that's you..." She giggled again. "I had Adrian bribe an insider at the dealership to remotely hack their vehicle's computer system. They overrode the core mechanics to ensure the safety features fail completely. It is going to be a fatal collision, I guarantee you that. The trap is sprung. Absolutely nothing can stop my grand finale this time.""Don't you dare lay a finger on them!" I shrieked in absolute terror."Oh, sweetie, you've completely misread the situation," she corrected coldly, standing up from her desk but leaving the laptop behind
Last Updated: 2026-06-26
Chapter: Chapter 31 TEYARA'S POV I was fully cognizant of how profoundly irrational my reasoning appeared in that particular moment. Contemplate it objectively. What manner of person deliberately jeopardizes their own existence to shield two individuals who have inflicted nothing but devastating emotional destruction? Jax had shattered my heart into irreparable fragments. Chloe, consumed by her own insecurities and perpetual confusion, had weaponized her vulnerability against me — though I found myself incapable of directing my fury entirely toward her.Nevertheless, irrespective of our turbulent history, I categorically refused to withdraw. I could not, in good conscience, permit innocent lives to be annihilated as collateral casualties in this grotesquely orchestrated war. That singular conviction was precisely why, in direct defiance of every rational instinct screaming within me, I elected to remain within the epicenter of danger. Brielle would inevitably return to gloat triumphantly about her late
Last Updated: 2026-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 30TEYARA'S POV A tiny glimmer of hope kept me going. In an hour, maybe less, flashing blue lights might arrive outside. That was assuming the emergency dispatcher actually took my frantic call seriously and didn't dismiss it as some sick joke. If they ignored me, I was finished. I just had to hold onto that hope. Without it, I would completely break.The heavy door groaned on its hinges. Someone walked inside. From the heavy footsteps and the arrogant posture, I knew instantly it wasn't Brielle."Hey there, gorgeous," Adrian said, stepping into the dim light.One of the thugs had come in a few minutes earlier to tie me securely back to the wooden chair, ensuring I couldn't move an inch. Adrian was finally making an appearance. I guessed he had been out executing his boss's orders."What do you want?" I spat out, glaring at him with pure disgust."I missed you," he chuckled, leaning in close to my face. "I needed to see your pretty face. Brielle told me the hospital hit didn't go as pla
Last Updated: 2026-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 29TEYARA'S POV I wanted to burst out laughing right then and there. The expression on Brielle's face was absolutely priceless. Her skin turned a deep, furious shade of red. She was utterly boiling with rage.A new detective — clearly a high-ranking officer on the force — had completely ruined her plan and saved Chloe. He hurried her back inside the building before I could see anything else on the video feed.Honestly, I didn't care about the details. The only thing that mattered was that Chloe and her baby were safe. I wouldn't have to carry the guilt of causing their deaths for the rest of my life."You look a little flushed, Brielle," I mocked, letting every single word drip with pure sarcasm. "Maybe you should go outside and cool off.""Shut your mouth!" she shrieked.Channeling all her violent anger, she swung her hand and slapped me across the cheek as hard as she could. My skin stung, but I didn't flinch."I need to fix this mess right now," she muttered to herself, pacing wildly
Last Updated: 2026-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 28TEYARA'S POV What in heaven's name had I just done?I wished desperately to break free from her grasp and strike myself until I bled. I could not have chosen Jax over Chloe. I could not have made such a choice between two people.Brielle had merely been grating on my nerves, and I blurted out the first name that crossed my mind.Could her words have contained some fragment of truth? Why would I still consider saving Jax after all his wicked deeds toward me?Did some part of me still harbor feelings for him? No!I could not love someone like that! I simply could not! He had hurt me, betrayed me, shattered my trust.My family had deserted me. My friends had abandoned me. All because of him. There was no possible way I loved him. Frankly, I would rather end my own life than fall in love with Jax Mitchell.Yet that still did not answer the question of why his name had escaped my lips. Perhaps it was guilt for the pain I had caused him. I was so utterly confused.Now Chloe was in danger.
Last Updated: 2026-06-23
Chapter: Chapter 27Inspector's POV I abandoned every case file on my desk, leaving them to gather dust for another day. My focus had narrowed to a single point—this murder investigation. I have never, in all my years of service, been so utterly consumed by a case.My first step is to examine the bullet casings. Once I have the names, I can narrow the search and bring the perpetrator to justice. Perhaps then I will finally find some semblance of peace. To mutilate a fellow human being's body is an act of unimaginable cruelty. Heartless. When I conclude this investigation, Mr. John will finally find the rest he deserves, wherever he may be.My patience was wearing thin. I needed those names now. My thoughts were spiraling, and I had to act quickly.As if responding to my mental demands, my officer carefully placed a sheet of paper on my desk.I lifted it, and four names were printed in bold letters:· Chloe, Recently became Chloe Mitchell.· Brielle· Teyara· Jax"Excellent work, Officer. Now, what do w
Last Updated: 2026-06-23
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