Previously published as Ride Out: Dark Love by Cotter, Dinnie (AUTHOR). Seldom has musings of catching the eye of an Adam:While jogging or at the gym.

Working as a senior assistant. From a private booth of a club.

On the way to a bar's restroom. Move-in day of a new place.

At a dog park or cat cafe. Being a nanny or au pair.

In the produce section. On vacation/abroad.

Majority of these things were farfetched because she . .

. Doesn't like animals or children, never been to a club/bar, never works out, has groceries delivered, and can't afford to travel.

Last hope was for an office romance, not to mention, the neighbor. Although asked out often, there's a wall unintentionally up.

Men who did entice her came and went before she could explore anything. That left unappealing creeps and ones that fell into the friend-zone.

Selective friends she kept repeatedly accused her of being picky. She preferred prudent.

Daily faith pays off when she meets someone in the last obvious place she expected to meet a passional man. How can he stand within these walls and not melt, not have steam coming off him, not get hit by a lightning bolt, or be thrown out because of the ungodly attention he drew? Darkness shouldn't be able to stand in so much light.

So good-looking he was, it had to be foul, but she had taken a shine to him. (PREVIEW or PREQUEL).