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.