The Reward of You (Weapons-Grade Romance, #8)

She was intimately familiar with her neighbor's abs long before she knew his name...
Noelle
Cool, calm, and perfectly composed—that's the version of me the world sees. Even my divorce was boringly civil. But behind my closed bathroom door? I've got a guilty pleasure I never quite let go of: a vintage military man candy calendar... featuring none other than my new next-door neighbor. I've been secretly drooling over Sam's photo for years—shirtless, smirking, and completely off-limits. So now that he's living right there, mowing the lawn and being ridiculously sweet to my youngest? I'm doing the only logical thing. Avoiding him completely.
Sam
Noelle is the kind of smart woman I'd love to find someday. And waaay out of my league. So I've settled for admiring her from a polite distance while bonding with her daughter over classroom drama and the stupidity of boys. Until the night everything changes—suddenly I'm kneeling beside the woman of my dreams while applying first aid. Naked, injured... and apparently a longtime fan.
Turns out Noelle isn't cold, she's just afraid to let go. Now that the secrets are out in the open I'm going to teach her how to relax and know what it means to be truly loved by a man.
Weapons-Grade Romance is all about the IPDIESAC Study Group. (Call it a romance book club and one of them will likely pop up unexpectedly to correct you!) The books can be read as stand-alone stories but if you want the context and history of the group The Origin of You will fill in the gaps.