At First Spite
A Harlot's Bay Novel
Olivia Dade
- A
- Library
- Journal
- Romance
- Pick
- of
- the
- MonthBestselling
- author
- Olivia
- Dade
- welcomes
- you
- to
- Harlot’s
- Bay
- in
- this
- delightfully
- sexy
- rom-com
- about
- a
- woman
- who
- buys
- the
- town's
- famous
- Spite
- House,
- only
- to
- realize
- the
- infuriating
- man
- she
- can't
- stand
- lives
- right
- next
- door—and
- their
- unwilling
- proximity
- might
- spark
- something
- neither
- can
- ignore.When
- Athena
- Greydon’s
- fiancé
- ends
- their
- engagement,
- she
- has
- no
- choice
- but
- to
- move
- into
- the
- Spite
- House
- she
- recklessly
- bought
- him
- as
- a
- wedding
- gift.
- Which
- is
- a
- problem,
- for
- several
- reasons:
- The
- house,
- originally
- built
- as
- a
- brick
- middle
- finger
- to
- the
- neighbors,
- is
- only
- ten
- feet
- wide.
- Her
- ex’s
- home
- is
- literally
- attached
- to
- hers.
- And
- Dr.
- Matthew
- Vine
- the
- Freaking
- Third—AKA
- the
- uptight,
- judgy
- jerk
- who
- convinced
- his
- younger
- brother
- to
- leave
- her—is
- living
- on
- her
- other
- side,
- only
- a
- four-foot
- alley
- away.If
- she
- has
- to
- see
- Matthew
- every
- time
- she
- looks
- out
- her
- windows,
- she
- might
- as
- well
- have
- some
- fun
- with
- the
- situation.
- By,
- say,
- playing
- erotic
- audiobooks
- at
- top
- volume
- with
- those
- windows
- open.
- A
- woman
- living
- in
- a
- Spite
- House
- is
- basically
- obligated
- to
- get
- petty
- payback
- however
- she
- can,
- right?Unfortunately,
- loathing
- Matthew
- proves
- more
- difficult
- than
- anticipated.
- He
- helps
- her
- move.
- He
- listens.
- And
- he’s
- kind
- of…hot?
- Dammit.Matthew
- may
- not
- regret
- ending
- his
- brother's
- engagement,
- but
- he
- does
- regret
- what
- the
- breakup
- has
- done
- to
- Athena.
- He'll
- help
- her
- however
- he
- can.
- If
- that
- means
- finding
- her
- work,
- fine.
- If
- that
- means
- enduring
- nightly
- steamy
- story
- hours,
- so
- be
- it.
- And
- if
- that
- means
- watching
- Athena
- through
- their
- windows
- a
- bit
- too
- often
- and
- caring
- about
- her
- a
- bit
- too
- much…well,
- nothing
- can
- come
- of
- it.
- She’ll
- never
- forgive
- him.
- Even
- if
- she
- did,
- how
- could
- he
- ever
- tell
- his
- beloved
- younger
- brother
- the
- truth—that
- Matthew
- wants
- the
- very
- same
- woman
- he
- encouraged
- Johnny
- to leave?
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