Title: A Simple Request
Series: Cooper Town Boys #1
Author: Lacey Black
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: February 3, 2026
💜Small Town
💜Workplace Romance
💜Alpha Hero
💜Independent Heroine
💜Boss/Employee
Collin
I’m not a fan of change. So, when I hear the old bar I work at a couple of nights a week has sold, I wonder if it’s time for me to give up that side gig. It’s not like I need the cash. My job as a full-time firefighter is more than enough to keep me comfortable and plenty busy.
Then I meet the new owner, my new boss, Lizzie Meyer.
She makes me a deal: give her thirty days. If I don’t like the direction she takes the place, I can quit. Simple, right? But nothing feels simple once I’m around her. I try to ignore the pull, but her easy smile, hypnotic green eyes, and that stubborn streak wrapped in determination makes it impossible. The line between professional and personal is clear…until it isn’t.
Just when something real starts to take shape between us, my past stirs—ready to drag its way back into the light and threaten everything we’re beginning to build together.
Lizzie
I’ve spent years dreaming of a place to call my own. Growing up inside the biggest bar and restaurant in my hometown, I learned early on what my calling was. But lately, I’ve wanted something more. Something that isn’t tied to my family’s legacy. I want to build my own.
That dream leads me to Cooper Town, Ohio, a quaint small town with an old bar for sale and enough possibility to make me pack up my life and take a chance.
I know it will take hard work to bring the place back to life, and I’ve got the drive, the grit, and a modest savings account to get started. What I’m not prepared for is Collin Miller, the brooding bartender with a rare, disarming smile and a work ethic that mirrors my own. He’s impossible to ignore, even harder to resist. I try to keep things strictly professional, really, I do, but being around him feels like standing too close to a flame.
My simple request is that he doesn’t break my heart along the way.
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A Simple Request by Lacey Black
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Collin is as firefighter and part time bartender, who does not like change. Meeting Lizzie as the new bar owner sends both their worlds for a spin that neither of them saw coming. Their slow-burn chemistry between these two sent my kindle on fire.
Lizze has learned a thing or two from her father and her “uncles” and she see what she could do with the bar. She understands the reluctant for change but she determined to see it happen. Collin is not an easy man, but he is the man for her. Watching them become more was a delight and I was rooting extra hard for these two to find a way for HEA.
Lacey Black delivers us books with all the feels and this one was no exception. You can’t help but love the MC with all their quirks. I’m so excited to see where this series takes us next.
***Review copy requested and reviewed on behalf of OMGReads Blog***
COMING SOON IN THE SERIES
#2 A Simple Hello – Releasing April 14
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USA Today Bestselling Author Lacey Black is a Midwestern girl with a passion for reading, writing, and shopping. She carries her e-reader with her everywhere she goes so she never misses an opportunity to read a few pages. Always looking for a happily ever after, Lacey is passionate about contemporary romance novels and enjoys it further when you mix in a little suspense. She resides in a small town in Illinois with her husband, two children, and three rowdy chickens.
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