All You Need is Love and Coffee by Kasey Belle

Maggie Layne has no desire to become a stereotypical, snotty, Stepford wife like her mother or a professional Vegas Sugar Baby like her sister. Maggie wants more than the hollow, soul sucking existence of selling yourself to the highest bidder, which contrary to popular belief by certain Layne women, although marketable, is not a skill.

Bugsy Siegel proved lucrative empires are built on the addictions of others. Like Siegel, Maggie chose to exploit an addiction of countless citizens around the Vegas Valley and opened her coffee shop, Caffeinated. Unlike Siegel, Maggie built something far greater than a gaming empire. She built a life she’s proud of, for herself and her daughter, Addie. On the surface, Maggie appears to have everything she’s ever wanted, but inside, she’s lonely. An existence she resigned herself to when her husband walked out, four years ago. Why would she allow herself to be sucked in again by such a fleeting emotion? How do you give someone that kind of power when you know the devastation love and lies leave behind?

Firefighter Nick DePere has two addictions, Maggie’s coffee and Maggie. For two years, he’s played the role of friendly neighborhood fireman waiting for Maggie to indicate she’s ready to allow another man into her heart. Thanks to a hair-brained scheme devised by Maggie’s meddling bestie, Nick may wait forever for that chance. How do you convince a woman who’s sworn off men for the rest of her life to take a leap of faith, one last time… for you? How do you make her believe you will catch her and never let her go?