The Problem with Dating by M.E. Clayton

Is dating really all that difficult?

Gideon Hayes definitely thinks so. At thirty-five, Gideon was a contract engineer, and looking at him, you think the man wouldn’t have any problem getting dates. I mean, just look at him. Seriously.

Single, gorgeous, and too busy to put in the effort, his mother is more than happy to set him up with ‘nice’ girls. However, Gideon doesn’t need his mother’s help getting awful dates. He can do that on his own.

Is dating really all that difficult?

Echo Woodward doesn’t think so. Even with a failed marriage under her belt, she’s not a man-hater. She’s a high school math teacher and new homeowner, and looking at her, you’d think her life was perfect.

But with a new job, a new home, and a new lease on life, Echo doesn’t have time to deal with her new jerk of a neighbor, no matter how hot he is. No. Matter. How. Hot. He. Is.

When Gideon mistakes a business meeting for another set-up by his meddling mother, he’s beyond rude to Echo, and she’s beyond pissed by his rudeness. And when he finds out she’s his new neighbor, well, that just adds to the disaster.

Between a piece of crap ex-husband, a meddling mother, two idiot brothers, and Echo’s own stubbornness and Gideon’s determination, being neighbors takes on a whole new meaning.

Together, they do their best to forget that first meeting and work on second chances. But even if it is a bad idea to get involved with your neighbor, what’s having to pick up and move again, if the sex is as explosive as both Gideon and Echo know it will be?