Landlord Daddy’s Girl by Lena Little

Tropes: Hot Landlord, Hot Alpha daddy, Brother’s best friend, Age-gap

Sierra
I’ve been content to live my life, which mostly consists of going to school and hanging out with my best friend.
I never gave much thought to love and romance. I’ve been so focused on getting my degree and starting a teaching career myself, I really don’t have time for it anyway.
Besides, I prefer eliminating the drama from my life where I can.
When I agreed to cat-sit for my brother while he was overseas, though, I had no idea how much drama I would be inviting into my life, nor how it would turn my world upside down.
That’s exactly what happens when I get a very unexpected reunion with Slater Kirkland, my brother’s best friend and landlord. It’s been several years since I’ve seen Slater, but he was always around while I was growing up.
Seeing him again reignited that fierce crush I had on him when I was just a teenager.
Slater is everything I’ve always wanted and so much more.
But can a relationship with him survive the drama that comes with it?
Can it overcome our shared history and the ten-year age gap between us?
More than that, can it survive the drama when my brother finds out about us?
As much as I want to say yes to all those questions, the truth is, I just don’t know.

Slater
There I was, minding my own business and doing my job, when I ran into Sierra Kelly, my best friend’s kid sister. The last time I saw her she was a little girl still making her way through high school.
But she is definitely not a little girl anymore.
Beautiful doesn’t even begin to cover just how stunning she’s become. I quickly learn she is more than just her looks.
Sierra has grown into an intelligent, witty, strong woman. She’s intoxicating to be around, which is a problem. The fact that I knew her when she was just a kid raises a host of questions for me. Questions I don’t know that I can answer. And questions that might keep me from giving in to the feelings she inspires in me.
All ethical questions aside, the biggest question in my mind is what her brother, Derek, will have to say if he finds out we’ve been seeing each other. He’s always been protective of Sierra, and he likely won’t take well to me having feelings for his kid sister. If he finds out about us, it will very likely spell the end of a friendship that’s spanned almost twenty years.
Being with Sierra would be an incredible reward.
But it might come at a high price which, unfortunately for Derek, is a price I am very much willing to pay.

This is a short, novella-length steamy, daddy romance.
No OM / OW drama and no cliffhangers.
Always a sweet HEA.