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resent that comment. Tad was an engineering major.”

“And he’s still in college trying to make the dream happen,” Vanessa says with a laugh.

“Well, he was gifted in other areas,” Lauren insists.

“Aren’t they all?” Vanessa rolls her eyes.

“It’s not my fault you pick the three and a half inch floppy dicks.” Lauren nudges Vanessa.

“Then it’s settled.” Chelsea picks up Lauren’s paddle and hands it to Vanessa and then hands Vanessa’s paddle to Madison. “You each pick a guy for the other one.”

“No way,” Madison hands Vanessa’s paddle back. “She can’t pick for me.”

Chelsea relaxes back in her chair and sips her water.

“You’ve had way too many trips to the bar. Our tastes are completely opposite,” Vanessa objects, which kind of surprises me because of the three of them she seemed like the up-for-anything kinda girl.

“It’s one date. It’ll be fun!” Chelsea insists.

“Then you do it.” Madison tosses her friend’s paddle into the middle of the table.

“Yeah, that’s not going to happen.” Dean leans back on two legs of his chair telling us he’s been listening the whole time. “She’s taken.” He rubs her stomach again and Chelsea beams.

“You don’t have to do it, but I think it would be fun.” She stands and pats Madison’s arm. “Don’t worry, your secret is safe with me, but Mauro really is a great guy.”

Madison’s cheeks flush pink and I don’t miss the way Lauren’s tamped down her dislike for him. Her eyes ping-pong between Madison and Mauro and I hope the gears are shifting. Maybe giving her friend a date with the one guy she’s been pining over might be the best gift she could give her.

“Where are all my single ladies?” the MC booms over the microphone and I slide out of my seat and back over to the table with Roarke. His arm instantly comes around to rest on the back of my chair. “Let’s meet the first responder bachelors up for auction tonight.”

I hope they take Chelsea up on her idea. It seems like a fun thing to do with your single friends. After all, what could possibly go wrong?

Keep scrolling for a Thanksgiving Bonus Scene plus an exclusive excerpt to the prequel of Blue Collar Brothers!

Cockamamie Unicorn Ramblings

The last book in a series is always sad for us, but as you know, one day you’ll see these couples again. Maybe when you least expect it!

As we mentioned in the Manic Monday CUR, this book idea was born from Piper. She already had the idea for an enemies-to-lovers book about a woman falling for her ex-husband’s divorce lawyer who she despised. We were able to work with this idea and bring in the other two books to develop an entire series.

We’ve loved writing this series! We’ve loved giving you three very different heroes and heroines with three very different versions of what happily ever after means to them. Each one is a little different, but no less valid in our eyes. To some couples HEA means a white picket fence, two point five kids and a dog. To others, it means just the two of you navigating life’s ups and downs, but knowing you’re doing it together.

Rayne has especially loved being able to write these stories set in her hometown of Chicago. Which brings us to the next topic… The Bianco Brothers.

Lucky for Rayne, we’ll be staying in Chicago for another series. Mauro, Cristian and Luca Bianco will be our heroes for the upcoming series, The Blue Collar Brothers. We’ve given you a glimpse into our heroines. We’re going to let you in on a little secret. For Charity Case we went back to single point of view, giving you only the girls side of the story. But we couldn’t tease you with the Bianco brothers and not let you be in their head, so you guessed it—DUAL POV!

Now let’s put our hands together for our awesome team!

Letitia from RBA Designs for the wonderful covers.

Ellie from Love N Books for line editing. We’re still trying not to give you a manuscript one day with an unrealistic deadline (even if you hit it each and every time).

Shawna from Behind the Writer for using those great peepers and catching a lot more than commas and typos.

Sarah Ferguson and Social Butterfly PR for their usual organization and being one step ahead of us throughout the process.

All the bloggers who carve out time to read and review our books. Your enthusiasm for our books and characters only makes us continue this ride.

All our early ARC