The Deadbeat Next Door by Katharine Sadler

One night. One drunken mistake of a night and Carrie Harrison is forced to pretend to be engaged to her obnoxious, deadbeat, inconveniently gorgeous, Neanderthal of a neighbor or risk losing her job. How hard can it be? As long as she doesn’t get too close, as long as she treats their relationship as a business arrangement, she can pull off this fake engagement, keep her job, and maintain her sanity. Except that the more time she spends with him, the harder it gets to deny her attraction to him, and the more she gets to know about him, the harder it is to remember why she hates him.

One night. One night taking care of his gorgeous, sweet, funny neighbor, and Cody Reynolds is finding it hard to remember his priorities. He needs to focus on building his winery and proving to himself and everyone else that he won’t fail. His past mistakes have caught up with him and the owner of his dream property won’t sell unless Cody can prove he’s planning to stick around Catalpa Creek for the long term.

When the perfect solution shows up on his doorstep and asks for his help, he offers her a mutually beneficial deal. A deal that will work as long as he can ignore the very real feelings he’s starting to have for his neighbor. Feelings that could ruin what should be a sexy, fun role play.