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A Cozy & Sweet Friends to Lovers BWWM Interracial Romance

Kiah never meant to fall for her brooding friend and emotionally unavailable boss, Jason—but one steamy night blurred every line they’d drawn between friendship and desire. Now, working side-by-side at the Willow Lodge Bar & Grill feels like walking on fire and ice, especially when jealousy, and their drunken night together threatens to burn it all down. Hot & Cold is a short but slow-simmering, swoon-worthy BWWM romance about friendship, forbidden tension, and the one night that changed everything.

❤️ African American Woman/White Man Interracial Romance
💙 Dual POV
❤️ Lots of yearning & angst
💙 Strong FMC
❤️ HEA
💙 Epilogue Included
❤️ Under 100 pages. A perfect short read for in between longer works!

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