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The How to Kiss a Hawthorne Brother series is a collection of full-length sweet romantic comedies, with all the crackling chemistry you want in a closed-door romance and sizzling kisses only.
How to Kiss a Hawthorne Brother Series by Jenny Proctor
How to Kiss Your Best Friend (How to Kiss a Hawthorne Brother Book 1)
Published 24th May 2022
He’s a hot high school chemistry teacher living in a small town. She’s a globetrotting journalist running from her past. They used to be best friends. Then one kiss changes everything.
Brody Hawthorne first met Kate when they were nine years old as she sat next to him on the school bus. Sparking a lifelong friendship between the, although he has been in love with her for possibly just as long as their friendship. They haven’t spoken in four years after Kate stopped responding to texts, so receiving one out of the blue as he prepares to head off on a hike with one of his brothers has put him into a spin, especially as she is returning home for the summer.
Travel writer Kate was in a hurry to leave Silver Creek behind and hot fitted out of there as soon as she could after high school. She has travelled the world and stayed with her father in Paris, only making the return journey home a few times over the years. A difficult relationship with her mom led to her not coming back for her Grandma’s funeral four years ago but now she needs to sort out the old how. Which also means seeing her best friend Brody and apologising for disappearing from him.
An off-the-cuff comment from her cousin about Brody and their relationship has kate thinking about him in a different light, especially when she sees how buff he has become in her absence as she surprises him on the hiking trail he is on with his brother. Friendship is revived and time spent together only makes Brody hope for more but Kate is a flight risk and when feelings are finally revealed will she stay or go?
Available to buy from Amazon in Paperback and Kindle Editions.
How to Kiss Your Grumpy Boss (How to Kiss a Hawthorne Brother Book 2)
Published 1st November 2022
He’s a grouchy curmudgeon jaded by too many disappointments. She’s a single mom smiling her way through the toughest of circumstances. When he hires her to be his virtual assistant, their outlooks aren’t the only things that clash.
Perry Hawthorne has been back helping to run his family farm for the past four years. With his younger sister off on maternity leave, the majority of everyday management now falls on his shoulders. His brother, Brody, has been sent over to convince him that he needs to hire an assistant, which might be a good idea considering he has just wrestled a pig into a ditch.
Lila Templeton moved back to her hometown a few years ago with her son, Jack. Her navy pilot husband died in a training exercise and she wanted to be close to her grandparents who raised her as a child. She holds conflicting emotions over her husband’s death as everything had not been rosy at home and she was preparing to file for divorce. With Jack in Kindergarten, she works from home as a virtual assistant with two clients but is offered the opportunity to work exclusively for one client who will pay her for the same hours every day.
Although Lila is nervous about working for the Hawthornes, she attempts to liven up the short, to-the-point communications she exchanges with Perry. Throwing in apple puns but getting nothing in return until he calls her to ask for her help. Arriving to help him, Perry was not expecting the young, curvy woman who pulled up, wondering how this could possibly be his VA. Part of him falling instantly in love with her, including her adorable son Jack. Getting her to work from the farm rather than remotely doesn’t quite go to plan when they disagree about the layout of the festival and he forgets to give her a lunch break.
Attempting to navigate working together and exploring their feelings for each other isn’t easy. Fake dating in order to get Perry’s ex-wife off his back, whilst Lila introduces him to the world of parenting which is anything but perfect. Lila comes as part of a package deal, is Perry ready to embrace everything that she comes with or is he better to walk away?
Available to buy from Amazon in Paperback and Kindle Editions.
How To Kiss Your Enemy (How to Kiss a Hawthorne Brother Book 3)
When former culinary school rivals are thrown into the same kitchen, their cooking styles aren’t the only things that clash.
Available to pre-order from Amazon in Paperback and Kindle Editions – due to be released on 3rd May 2023
