I’m having an affair with my dad’s best friend, and this small town is hellbent on judging us.

He’s a drool-worthy, widowed ex-Navy SEAL and my dad’s best friend.

I’m the one babysitting his son next door.

Mr. Grump knows the boys in town bully me because of my mom’s history and he thinks he needs to protect me.

Which does crazy things to my insides because he’s the older man of my dreams.

My days of babysitting turn into steamy nights, ending up snuggled in his arms and long days counting the hours until we can be together again.

But in small towns like this, people whisper and judge.

When a tornado hits, things turn unexpectedly, and his life is on the line.

Suddenly, I’m the one protecting him out in the open.

Because what we feel for each other is real.

But it might cost me my reputation and, worse, my relationship with my father.