Face Value — Cheryl Douglas

Real estate developer, Lauren McCall, needs a new contractor yesterday. Someone who's good, fast, and reliable, but her only option seems to be her friend's deadbeat ex-husband. According to her friend, he's a skirt chasing, beer drinking, loser who'd rather play pool than play with his kids, but desperate times call for desperate measures, so Lauren gives him the job. She just hopes she doesn't live to regret it.

Tucker Brooks knows his new boss doesn't like him, and he doesn't much care. He knows his ex-wife will spew her venom to anyone who'll listen, and if Lauren's naïve enough to believe everything she hears, so be it. He's determined to show up for work, get the job done, and avoid the boss lady as much as possible. If only she'd stay the hell out of his dreams.