Searching For His Curvy Girl (Rose Protection Agency, #2)

No one takes what belongs to him.
Lance Kilgore did not make friends. With anyone. But especially not with his overly friendly and far too curious new next-door neighbor. It didn't matter that she starred in one or two, or all, of his late night fantasies, love wasn't in the cards for Lance. And Claudia Reynolds had bleeding-heart, head-over-heels romantic written all over her.
Claudia was determined to wear down her chosen neighbor. He came across as abrasive, but any man who took the time to teach a teenager with a black eye how to defend herself was the perfect new neighbor. Lance wouldn't let anyone hurt her. Especially not her ruthless brother.
No matter how much Lance told himself he hated Claudia's interruptions, he missed them when she didn't show for a week. His fantasies weren't enough to keep him going. He needed the real thing.
But Claudia wasn't home. And from the look of her apartment, she didn't leave willingly.

Mary E Thompson grew up loving to read, like a good little girl. Many nights she would fall asleep with the flashlight still turned on as she hid under the covers trying to finish the last few pages of a book. As an adult, the light from her ereader means she doesn't have a flashlight, but she still stays up way too late to finish a book.
When Mary's not reading she's playing with her two kids or living our her own romance novel with her hubby. She has a weakness for chocolate, especially when it's paired with peanut butter, and has been known to have a bad day just because there's no chocolate in the house.
Mary grew up in Buffalo, NY and swears she's the only local to never ski or snowboard. Soccer was always her sports, with a couple adventures white water rafting and skydiving to keep things interesting. Mary moved to South Carolina for college but has missed Buffalo every day, yeah she thinks she's crazy too. Her dream is to move back to her hometown and raise her kids there, close to family and friends.