Sterling Heat by LB Dunbar

Sterling Heat
Sterling Falls Book 1
by LB Dunbar
Release: September 21, 2023

What to expect:
✔️Strangers to lovers
✔️Close proximity
✔️Reformed bad boy
✔️Single mom
✔️Pretend daddy
✔️Second chances
✔️Small town
✔️Touch of suspense

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Love wasn’t the daily special when a grumpy small-town baker delivers a baby in his bakery. Now, all he can think about is that sweet bundle and her tempting single mother.

Having a baby in a bakery gives new meaning to taking the bun out of the oven.

I’d been in Curmudgeon Bakery for one of those lemon baby-Bundt cakes I’d been craving since I found out I was pregnant.

The draw had nothing to do with the baker himself. Tall, tatted, and edgy, looking more like a biker than a man who makes baked goods. I hardly knew him other than taking a tumble in a rainstorm in front of his shop . . . and then tossing myself at him after he rescued me.

We shared a moment but it’s not what you’d think.

Months later, he delivered my baby among his cookies and cakes. Talk about a second chance encounter.

Then he whips up a plan to pretend to be my baby’s father, and everything heats up from there.

My body.

My heart.

My willingness to accept a perfect stranger’s kindness despite him telling me over and over he isn’t who I think he is.

I beg to differ.

He’s that sugary drizzle on a citrus-flavored, guilty pleasure that’s bad for the hips, but together—him, and me, and baby—we’re the perfect blend of ingredients that might do all our hearts some good.

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Narrated by Lance Greenfield & Samantha Brentmoor

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EXCERPT

“Oh my God. It’s so good.” Her lips purse, savoring each flavor bursting on her tongue. Eventually, she swallows. When her eyes slowly open, she licks the well of the spoon free of any remaining chocolate.

“Dammit, Enya,” I groan, watching her tongue like I’m one of those Bridgerton fans drooling over some dude nearly French kissing a silver spoon.

“What?” The innocence in her voice playfully contradicts the flirtation in her eyes. Does she want me to kiss her? Is she provoking me?

To tease her in return, I lift my sample and swipe my lips over the decadent treat, holding it on my tongue before allowing myself to swallow. The flavors are exquisite. The combination of warm chocolate, cool crème, and a burst of fruity sugar is perfection. This treat defines Enya.

I lap at my spoon like she did, allowing the flat of my tongue to take its time to swipe up the last streaks of chocolate.

Enya watches me. Her eyes mesmerized. Her mouth slightly open. Her spoon softly thuds to the countertop. “Kiss me,” she whispers.

“We both know that’s not a good idea.”

“We won’t do anything more than kiss.”

Sterling Heat by L.B. Dunbar
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I’m not sure why the blurb draw me to pick up this story but thank God i did. These two made me so happy despite all the drama from his past that has a tight hold on him. But meeting Enya and delivering her baby in his bakery, Sebastian can’t help but be wanting to be near them.

As has his past is dictating his life, which leaves Enya feeling a bit insecure where they stand as a couple. She knows his past shaped him into the man he is today, and she loves him more for it. Her love and the love he has for both his girls makes him see that without them nothing matters and he will not let anything stand in the way of the much needed HEA for the both of them.

***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
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MEET THE AUTHOR: L.B. Dunbar loves sexy silver foxes, second chances, and small towns. If you enjoy older characters in your romance reads, including a hero with a little silver in his scruff and a heroine rediscovering her worth, then welcome to romance for those over 40. L.B. Dunbar’s signature works include women and men in their prime taking another turn at love and happily ever. She’s a USA TODAY Bestselling Author, as well as an Amazon Top 10 Later in Life Romance with her Lakeside Cottage and Road Trips & Romance series. L.B. lives in Chicago with her own sexy silver fox.

To get all the scoop about the self-proclaimed queen of silver fox romance, join her on Facebook at Loving L.B. or receive her monthly newsletter, Love Notes.