Ex-Retreat — Elise Hepner

Warning: This book contains a geeky, secretly insecure but overly cocky handy-man with a penchant for pleasing, a dominatrix in training who's on the rebound, and enough smut to strip a couple layers off your soul. Plus there's mac n' cheese with a smattering of self-actualization for good measure. After Chloe Barrons' fiancé cheats on her via webcam, she begrudgingly accepts her Type-A mother's offer of a spur of the moment luxury spa weekend. But things don't play out quite from point A to point B when she arrives drunk and disoriented on the front porch of a deserted North Carolina beach house. From the very start she's caught off guard by Noah Knightly, a sinfully sexy, self-proclaimed commitment-phobe who's a handyman for his sister's relationship rehabilitation center -- a rehab where Chloe is the sole guest during off-season. But faced with temptation, to stay guarded she'll have to call the shots. Noah shouldn't have taken Chloe's reservation. But in need of a second pair of hands to fix up the beach house, he throws all his sister's rules out the window. Soon he worries that maybe he's bitten off more than he can chew: each day Chloe cracks more of his cocky façade bringing down his guards to reveal a stuttering geek who has a hidden will to please her in any way possible. With no way to ignore her pain, Noah sets himself up as a guniea pig to prove to Chloe that not all men are created equal -- in or out of the bedroom. As Chloe comes into her own through every sexual session, Noah needs to decide if he's man enough to accept the one thing he never thought he wanted -- love.