As X Enterprises’ lead PR person, Avery Beeker knows how to tell the perfect story to get customers to line up and buy the adult products her company is so famous for creating. But while her ideas sing on paper, in real life she’s so good at putting her foot in her mouth that she’s intimately acquainted with the taste of Gucci leather, and she hasn’t had a real date in…well, ever. It doesn’t help that she’s a virgin, and the longer she holds off on doing the deed, the more it threatens to ruin her credibility as an industry expert. Luckily, she knows that her best friend’s brother is the perfect man to help fix her problem, as long as no one finds out.

Geoffrey Carter is the host of Seattle’s top dating podcast, and while he’s good with his hands, he’s even better with his mouth. When Avery asks him to teach her a few dating pointers to get her love life off the ground, he’s more than willing to help. But spending one-on-one time with the charmingly awkward beauty is more than he’d counted on. Because he’s always had a thing for the way her laughter fills the room, and now the man who’s made a career out of being single might just be falling for one girl who could ruin the name he’s built.

Emma Harrington is X Enterprises’ Quality Control Manager by day and an excellent matchmaker by night. She’s so good at matchmaking, in fact, that her roommate winds up pregnant, forcing Emma to search for a new apartment. When sexy Deacon Whistler opens the door to apartment 11A with a dangerous grin, he isn’t just flying his red flags, he’s hosting the damn Bad Idea Parade. But taking the short-term lease in a fully-furnished apartment means Emma can buy herself a little time in a safe space while she figures out her next move. What she doesn’t count on is her constant bickering with Deacon—whose aversion to wearing shirts in the house makes him impossible to ignore—or her attraction to him.

Deacon Whistler has spent the last five years of his life living the Las Vegas dream. As a tequila brand ambassador, he’s the life of every party, and he knows damn well how to continue the afterparty back in his bed. But when Emma accepts his invitation to move in, she won’t put up with his womanizing ways. Emma’s a ball of sass wrapped in the tightest yoga pants known to man, and Deacon can’t get her out of his mind. Somehow no other woman can quite compare to her, but can Deacon be the safety net she needs, or will his dark past prevent them from the future they both deserve?

Bex Kingsley doesn’t do love, but sex is her specialty. As X Enterprises’ top adult product designer, she’s made a career out of turning disastrous bedroom sessions into bestselling toys. When her latest hookup, Gabriel Marks, is both great in bed and charming out of it, she writes him off as a nice guy but useless to her. After all, Bex is out to win the latest design competition at work, and she needs fresh ideas, not an encore performance—no matter how mind-blowing it might be.

But a one-night stand isn’t going to be good enough for Gabe. A hopeless romantic, emphasis on the hopeless, Gabe won’t let Bex deny the chemistry between them. To him, Bex is more than a fling—she’s quickly becoming his inspiration, both in his photography career and in his life. When Gabe offers to help Bex win the design competition, he’s determined to convince her that there’s more than just sex between them. Because he may crave her between the sheets, but Gabe is also after her heart.

Jeremy Glass, CEO of Seattle’s hottest sex toy company, has a fantastic life: he’s single, rich, and has a parade of “product testers” to help him warm his sheets at night. He’s about to land the deal of a lifetime and finally prove that his untraditional business is more than valid. The only problem is he just fired the one woman his client insists handle their account. He knows if he hires her back, Vanessa Reese will be a distraction—after all, she’s gorgeous, sweet, and witty. Jeremy knows better than to mix business and pleasure, but he suddenly finds himself chasing after a woman for a change, and this one’s determined to keep him on his toes.

When Jeremy asks Vanessa to come back to X Enterprises, she isn’t interested in what he has to offer—not his pretty face and sculpted body, and certainly not his arrogant attitude—until Jeremy makes her a deal: spend ten weeks in his employment, and then he’ll help her land the social work job she really wants. When Vanessa agrees, she finds herself plunged into a world of sin and indulgence she never imagined. Despite the attraction between herself and Jeremy, Vanessa is determined not to give in and hand over her dignity and her chance at a steady paycheck. Probably. Because the more time she spends with Jeremy, the more she uncovers the kind, charming man hidden under his cocky exterior. 

Can a sex toy CEO and a bleeding heart ever find love, or will their connection destroy everything they’ve worked for?