Brooklynaire

The narrator is a billionaire who owns a professional hockey team and lives in a six-bedroom mansion on the Promenade in Brooklyn. None of it has settled him. For seven years his office has been brightened by Rebecca, who manages the team and, as he tells it, keeps him sane.

He cannot say when the wanting started. He wakes in the night thinking of her, and the scent of her perfume is enough to wreck his concentration. When Rebecca is hurt, he steps in to help, the way a friend would.

Friendship does not usually end with a single night of torn clothes, and theirs does. Afterward Rebecca keeps her distance. She tells him they are too different and that it cannot happen again, yet neither of them manages to stay away from the other.

This is a contemporary romance told in the first person from the hero's point of view. It follows a workplace friendship that turns physical and the push and pull that comes after. The tone is flirtatious and openly sensual, and the setup is quick: the attraction is already established on the first page.