Rocco by Mazzy King

Rocco:
I work hard at my plumbing business. Really, really hard. Beyond that, I got my dog. I got my buddies. I’m good.
Don’t believe me?
You shouldn’t.
I’m lonely as hell, though I’d rather die than admit it. But when a local restaurant reviewer who’s also the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen moves in next door, that loneliness becomes harder and harder to ignore, because she’s mine. I knew it the second she knocked on my door and asked for help.
When a restaurant she gave a bad review to sends someone after her to force her into retracting her article, I gladly put myself between her and them, because I’ll do anything to keep her safe.

Seline:
Times are tough, and after a fire demolished my apartment building, I find an old, tiny furnished house in a quiet neighborhood to rent, which is all my writing salary can afford. My next-door neighbor? A tall, burly, broad-shouldered plumber.
He’s sexy as hell and a little intimidating at first, but seeing him with his dog shows me he’s a total marshmallow inside. Even though I’m wary of men in general, I can’t help but fall for him and his dirty side.
When I’m threatened for an article I wrote, it’s his strong arms I run to, because he’s the only man who can keep me safe.