Renovating My Bossy Billionaire Grump by Aria McDow

I came to renovate the British billionaire’s paradise resort.
I’m leaving with an island bump.

Winning a design competition brought me to Damon King’s outdated island resort.

An encounter in a dodgy elevator, and I mistake the powerful owner for a hot-looking construction worker with salt and pepper stubble.
One heated glance and I’m undone.

But working for Damon? Pure hell.
He hates change — on his island, in his life, in his heart.

He guards his secrets well, but watching him with his little girl reveals the tender heart beneath that no-nonsense exterior.

When a tropical storm strands us together those walls he’s built crumble against my fingertips.
Calloused hands caress my flesh… his smooth tongue takes me to downtown ecstasy.

I see — beach walks, candlelit dinners, a future bright as the Caribbean sun with a man learning to love again.
Until his college-aged daughter arrives. One look at me — close in age — and her accusations of “gold-digger” hurt.

Now I’m back in Tennessee, hugging the toilet each morning, wondering why I told the baby daddy that I left with much more than a great resume.

Some renovations are messier than others.