Dad Reputation by Kathryn M. Hearst

She doesn’t give a darn about his bad reputation…his Dad Reputation is another story.

Merilee:
At forty-one, I have my life together. I’m a wildly successful PR manager, the mom of seventeen-year-old twin boys, and I have some amazing friends…
But it’s all a lie. Well, most of it anyway.
I hate my job, my kids are driving me crazy, and I lost my mind and slept with Sully, my best friend.
It’s been awkward, but Sully and I decided we’re better off as friends without benefits. More like he decided, and I agreed for the sake of our friendship. I get it. I do. He’s close with my ex-husband and our sons. Plus, he’s in the middle of a custody battle.
Sully can’t afford a scandal right now, and the secret I’m carrying has the potential to make Pompeii look like a backyard barbeque.

Sully:
Ending up in bed with my best friend was never part of the plan.
Who am I kidding? There was no plan. It was supposed to be one night of forgetting about my problems, of losing myself in her touch. Evidently, what happens in the hotel room doesn’t stay in the hotel room.
It doesn’t matter that I’ve loved Meri since Kurt Cobain fronted Nirvana. I’ve spent the last six weeks trying to convince both of us we’re better off as friends…
And that’s the problem.
There’s no going back to the friend zone when I can’t get our night together out of my head.

Dad Reputation is a full-length friends-to-lovers romance filled with parenting fails, pregnant-mama-drama, and two teenagers determined to keep a secret of their own.