On Midnight Shores

He’s Never Harbor’s tattooed bad boy, and I’m the good girl he doesn’t know exists.

I’ve loved Rafe Cohen since I knew unavailable artists with piercing amber eyes and reckless tattoos sparked my young, inexperienced heart.

If only the man knew who I was.

But, as it turns out, I can be reckless too. That’s how I end up in Rafe’s print shop with my legs around his waist and my innocence in his talented hands.

He insists our one night stand is just that: one night. He’s not a relationship guy.

But when he needs a new employee, and I’ve gotten one too many art internship rejections, we’re spending the summer closer than either of us expected. I want to learn everything, and lessons on painting techniques quickly turn into lessons of a very different kind.

I’m a good girl going bad, sneaking around our small town with the one man I shouldn’t, learning how art and intimacy intertwines in the most delicious ways.

I can be casual and still protect my heart. Sort of. Maybe.

I just hope I don’t learn my lesson the hard way.