Hot for the Jerk: An enemies to lovers, forced proximity, one bed, small-town romantic suspense novel

Whitley Cox

Jun 2025 · The Single Moms of San Camanez: The Vino Vixens Book 1 · Whitley Cox

About this ebook

One bed, two enemies, and three bottles of wine. What could go wrong?

Welcome to San Camanez, a humble, peaceful little island in the Puget Sound and home to the Vino Vixens. Four cousins—and single moms—who run a vineyard, love the wine they sell, raise their kids together, and still hold out hope that not all men are the like ones they married. This is Raina’s story …

Jagger

Raina Aaronson is my nemesis. The Poison Ivy to my Batman, the Fem-Bot to my Austin Powers. Wherever she is, so is a guaranteed bad time. So when the two of us wind up stranded, unable to get home, with just one bed left at the Inn, the only reasonable thing to do to pass the time is get drunk.

Raina

Jagger McEvoy can sleep in the woodshed for all I care. That bearded nuisance is the contaminated cork in my merlot. The black rot on my grapes. However, when the power goes out at the B&B, he goes all out helping the guests, making sure they’re safe, warm and comfortable—taking his shirt off in the process.

Wait, so this man isn’t the irritating, self-serving asshat I thought he was? He actually cares? And not just for me, but for my son as well.

Because when danger comes knocking on my door, threatening the safety and peace I’ve so carefully curated for my family, Jagger might be the only person able to stop it.

Unless I screw things up first.

*This is series two in the San Camanez Island world. Jagger is brother #5 from series one (The Brew Brothers). You don't have to have read the first series to start this one. Each book focuses on a different couple, with no cliffhangers, and an HEA for all. There will be lots of crossover between the series, and everything takes place on the quirky, fictional island of San Camanez. Happy reading!

keywords: one bed, forced proximity, single mom, small town, suspense, kidnapping, cult, enemies to lovers, brewery, vineyard, feuding families, found family, brotherhood, sisterhood, lumber-snack hero, bearded hero with glasses, nerd hero, bookclub

Ratings and reviews

Hot for the Jerk is a crossover story set in San Camanez World and it’s Jagger McEvoy and Raina Aaronson’s entertaining story. It’s a well written, steamy, captivating read that hooked me from the first few pages and there was no putting down until the final word was read. There’s nothing Jagger likes more than butting heads with single mum Raina, one of the owners on the island winery but when they end up stuck in the small bed and breakfast with only one bed ……

I was so excited when I heard that Whitley Cox had a new series releasing and that the hero is none other than Jagger McEvoy the only single brother of the Brew brothers. The woman he falls for is Raina Aaronson. I love my visits to San Camanez island and now we have the Single Moms series. Hot for the Jerk is a crossover story and I loved everything about it. The sparks fly between them and the chemistry intense. When they get trapped together during a storm, lines are crossed.

I was so delighted that the cousins with the winery are getting a series. This time it's the single moms' turn. I was even more excited that Jagger is the hero for the first book in this series. This book definitely gives off enemies to lovers vibes. This had everything I love about the setting on San Camanez island. It has the perfect combo of heart, heat, humor, and suspense. There are some bad characters in this one. Jagger is going to show us why he is the lovable uncle that steals our heart