Just when Romero thought he'd conquered his anger issues...
Now that Izzy has earned her credentials to teach at a college level, Romero is doing his best to be supportive. Even after she informs him she won't be teaching.
She'll be assisting a professor—a recently divorced professor whom she'll work with side by side.
Isabel loves being home with her kids, but she's ready to get back to her career—back to a world where she can enjoy some in-depth political conversations with someone who really gets it. The brilliant Political Science professor she's assigned to assist seems to be the perfect fit.
But when those conversations get a little personal, Isabel isn't sure if she's just being silly or if the professor is sending insidiously veiled messages.
Romero's knack for picking up on her unease only complicates things, especially because Isabel also has a big Christmas surprise for him. With suspicions awakened, Romero's interpretation of Isabel's sneakiness stirs that dormant rage he hasn't had to deal with in years, and emotions become furiously Tangled..
This is a follow up holiday novella for one of my most popular couples, Romero and Izzy. It has over 900 ratings and reviews on Goodreads with an average of 4.1 stars. I get emails and messages from readers who say its become a tradition to reread this story every year during the holidays.
Manny held out his plate for Romero. “So why is she going back to work again?”
“I told you. Because she wants to, okay?” Romero said, flipping over the burgers on the grill. “It’s not even a sure thing, so drop it already.”
“Guess what?” Izzy said, smiling big as she walked toward them. “I could be starting in as soon as a few weeks. That was Elliot,” she said, motioning to the phone.
Romero lifted a brow, peering at her. “Who?”
“Professor Banderas,” she said, “the one at the university who told me about the position in the first place.”
“But last night you said the professor whose place you’d be taking might not leave after all.”
“He’s not,” she explained, reaching for a cucumber slice. “But Elliot said he could use an assistant.”
“You’re not an assistant,” Romero reminded her, gripping the spatula a little tighter. “You said you were excited about teaching again. That’s why you wanted to go back. And since when did this guy go from Professor Banderas to Elliot?”
“He asked me to call him by his first name since we’re pretty much gonna be working side by side.” She took a seat across from Max at the patio table. “And he says I can do guest lectures a few times a week. He’ll even help me prepare them since this is a first for me.”
Romero stared at her for a moment as she smiled sweetly—excited. The irritation he’d already begun to feel because of Manny and Max’s intrusive questioning suddenly reached a new level.
