New Year's Eve in New Orleans is the perfect getaway for Charlie Jones after a disastrous relationship with a coworker who turned out to be married derailed her career plans. Proof she should keep things casual?like she always had before.

A one night stand might be just the ticket to jumpstart a better year. And she's got her eye on the ideal candidate.

Deke Wallace has every intention of enjoying what he sees as his last year of freedom before he has to settle down and think about marriage and satisfying his parents' nagging for a grandchild.

He'd be more than happy to ring in the new year with the sexy redhead in a sparkly dress.

No last names. No phone numbers. Just adult fun. Except things don't go as planned.

When a short-term assignment brings Charlie back home to Baltimore, she and Deke run into each other at a local restaurant. They figure it's the perfect opportunity to have that casual fling.

Deke's determined to enjoy a wild year and Charlie's focused on finding a permanent job.

Neither expected anything serious. Then Deke starts falling for her?hard. But Charlie's not interested in love, marriage, or kids, and she's got a new job that's taking her away from Baltimore.

Deke's got three months to convince her to stay.

This stand-alone, steamy insta-attraction romance features a reformed playboy and a struggling wedding and event planner. With emotionally driven intimate scenes and no cheating, this standalone novel includes an HEA for the couple and wraps up their conflict while weaving threads that tie in to the rest of the Charm City Connections series.

Other key elements: reformed playboy, he falls first, city life, hot teacher, emotional scars, self discovery, career vs romance, just a hookup, midsize heroine.