Spiked Lemonade — Shari J. Ryan

**A Sexy Standalone Romantic Comedy** I traded in my Navy uniform and short hair for tats and a scruffy beard to become a man on the run. Moving from town to town, taking comfort in hot cars and fast women was the only way I could outrun the nightmares. Then I met her… She's looking like a Southern Belle in a small Texas town, all layered in pretty dresses and perfume. I call her beautiful, and she calls me a perv. This beauty won't admit I have something she wants (wink, wink, nudge, nudge), or that I'm the one she's looking for, but I love that she has something I never knew I needed. I may be labeled as a jerk, but she's going to fall in love with me, and I'm going to make her cuss and drink whisky instead of lemonade. Why? Because sometimes beauty comes with a dirty mouth, and sometimes lemonade needs to be spiked.