Word with the Bachelor

In this romance of opposites attract, a former soldier turned writer is forced to take on a personal assistant—a woman who is as cheerful as he is grumpy.

When former Special Forces agent Jack Garner opens his door to Erin Riley, he makes two things clear: he won''t sleep with her, and he writes alone. Clearly, fame and fortune have done nothing to brighten this bestselling author''s brooding manner. But his second book is long overdue, and Erin is there to jumpstart his writing . . . if not his heart.

Bright, chatty and positive, Erin is like a sunny day to Jack''s perpetual night. And even as she struggles to contain her sizzling attraction, she knows she can help Jack have a breakthrough. When the words finally start to flow, Jack starts to wonder if "once upon a time" could become "happily-ever-after." Now, that would be something worth writing about . . .