When life falls apart, you get creative.

New York was supposed to be my fresh start—a dream job, a swanky apartment, and two best friends to share it all with. Instead? One roommate got arrested, my job disappeared, and I’ve been fake-commuting to a job I don’t have just to keep Jack, my best friend and human lie detector, from finding out I’m a total disaster.

But bills don’t wait for paychecks, and desperation makes you do wild things—like signing up for an explicit adult website and baring it all for strangers online. Just me, a camera, and enough cash rolling in to survive another month. No one was supposed to know.

Except Jack found out.

I braced for a lecture—or worse, for him to leave. But then he did something I never saw coming. He joined me. For the money, of course. Strictly professional.

Now we’re filming together, making scenes that are supposed to be an act… except it doesn’t feel like one. Not when he looks at me like that. Not when I can’t stop imagining what might happen if we turned off the camera and let it all be real.

This wasn’t part of the plan. Falling for your best friend never is. But maybe, just maybe, we’re writing a script better than anything we could’ve faked.

Fancy meeting you here, Mr. Mysterious. Or should I say, Mr. Takeover?

When my bestie and I go on a Bear Cruise, our goal is simple: relax and find some hot daddies to play with. Unfortunately, the ship is full of guys trying too hard to be bears, but theyre about as genuine as plastic fruit. Then, I meet a mystery man who embodies my fantasies.

This man has muscles upon muscles, and if there were an award for the sexiest beard, Mr. Mysterious would undoubtedly win. But speaking of mysteries, what the hell is his actual name? It doesnt matter; we both know well never see each other again after the cruise.

Until we do.

Months later, Mr. Mysterious shows up at my brewery. Initially excited to see him again, my hopes plummet when he reveals both his real name and his intentions. He wants to buy me out, but theres no way Im letting go of Fireside Forge Brewery without a fight. However, a massive problem stands in the way: The man is the best lover Ive ever had, and now I cant resist him.

Ignited is a scorching tale of business adversaries entangled in desire, where the line between whats right and whats irresistible blurs in the searing heat of their undeniable chemistry. Its the first book in the Burning Hearts series, and it can be read as a standalone novel.