A single mom. A new neighbor. A battle neither saw coming ... I’m not supposed to fall for my neighbor and her two boys. There’s only one thing I should be doing … That’s learning how to be a father to my four-year-old niece. I don’t know what my sister was thinking when she named me guardian of her daughter when she lost her battle with breast cancer. It’s a rocky start. But eventually, Emma and her boys welcome us to the neighborhood and into their lives. Every minute we spend together, the five of us grow closer. Until a night of passion leads to my worst nightmare. I have to walk away to protect my niece and myself from further heartbreak. Only, it isn’t so easy to let her and the boys go. Somehow, we’d become like a family. And now, it may be too late to win back the trust I’ve broken. Grab this steamy, emotional, stand-alone contemporary romance about a single mom giving her all for her kids and a single uncle learning how to be a dad while coming to terms with devastating losses. Debra St James is an author of steamy, slow-burn contemporary romance with a penchant for swoony heroes who listen to their women's hearts as well as their words. Her stories are always guaranteed to take you on a journey that ultimately ends with a HEA!Debra loves to read romance. She can often be found with her nose stuck in her iPad, swooning over her latest book boyfriend. She writes part-time from her Perth home, which she shares with Mr. St James and their two sons, whose antics often make her roll her eyes and laugh in equal measure. Debra loves to eat cheese and chocolate (not together), and cheese and chocolate love Debra's thighs so much, that they never want to leave!Writing a novel had never been on her radar. One morning, she was enjoying a coffee by the river and a story sprouted, seemingly from nowhere. At the age of 51, she pulled up the Pages app on her phone and began to type, giving life to her debut, Loving Summer.The rest, as they say, is history!