I’m not one for one-night stands, but from the moment I met Cam and those caramel eyes filled with such sadness, I can’t resist. How was I supposed to know he’s the one man I shouldn’t have had the hottest night of my life with? As a social worker I know better than to bring home my client’s grandson, but that tiny fact doesn’t help me now.
I need to stay away, but he’s Deaf, as is his dying grandmother, and I’m the only one at my agency who knows ASL. I’ll keep this a secret until his grandmother’s out of my care.
My plans to keep Cam out of my bed crumble when his grandmother dies. His grief is my kryptonite, my body his salve. Her dying wish was for us to be together, but not everyone in his family agrees. Someone makes a formal complaint to my boss, putting my job at risk. It’s my heart or my career, and I’m afraid I’m going to lose both.
After spending her childhood coming up with new episodes to her favorite sitcoms instead of sleeping, Laura Brown decided to try her hand at writing and never looked back. A hopeless romantic, she married her high school sweetheart. They live in Massachusetts with their three cats and kid. Laura’s been hard of hearing her entire life but didn’t start learning ASL until college, when her disability morphed from an inconvenience to a positive part of her identity. At home the closed captioning is always on, lights flash with the doorbell, and hearing aids are sometimes optional.