I’m a patient man.As a retired Naval officer, world-renowned bourbon distiller, and single dad , my life requires focus, control, planning—it’s who I am.Until her.Cass Dixon has been on my radar since we were teens, and she moved to our small town to live with her aunt.With dark hair, olive skin, and misty blue eyes, I’d never seen a girl her age so beautiful…But I swear on my grandad’s grave, I wasn’t watching her skinny-dipping... moreI’m a patient man.As a retired Naval officer, world-renowned bourbon distiller, and single dad , my life requires focus, control, planning—it’s who I am.Until her.Cass Dixon has been on my radar since we were teens, and she moved to our small town to live with her aunt.With dark hair, olive skin, and misty blue eyes, I’d never seen a girl her age so beautiful…But I swear on my grandad’s grave, I wasn’t watching her skinny-dipping.It was an accident, and her singing was so pure, I had to stay ’til the end of the song.I'm a closer that way.Now we’re adults.I’m struggling to maintain a booming business and a precocious four-year-old daughter.Cass is struggling to find a place to live and make ends meet.I plan to hire her as a live-in nanny , which I can handle due to my aforementioned focus and control …The last thing I expect is for her to grab my arm at my brother’s wedding and declare me her fiancé.A fake engagement is not what I’m looking for, but I’m my patience is waning.I’m ready to see if this little twist could be something real.(A LITTLE TWIST is a steamy small-town, single-dad-nanny romance with a fake engagement twist. No cheating. No cliffhangers.) less