What About Now?
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RELEASE DATE: February 11, 2025
NYT and USA Today Bestselling author Kaylee Ryan brings you a new standalone series surrounding five best friends who co-own a tattoo studio. “What About Now?” is an age gap, found family, drunken Vegas wedding, small town romance.
Brogan
I didnβt plan on hooking up with my new brother-in-lawβs best friendβ¦ or marrying him.
Life hasnβt been easy, and itβs left me a little bruised, and a lot cautious. So, when I wake up in Vegas married to Maddox, Iβm convinced itβs a mistake. A drunken accident that we should undo before anyone finds out.
But he doesnβt see it that way. He asks for six months. Six months to show me we could be something real. And I donβt know why I say yes, except maybe a part of me wants to believe him.
Iβm not sure I deserve someone like him. But with every look, every touch, and every little gesture, Maddox is breaking down my walls.
Thatβs why the next time he asks “what about now?” I know I’m going to say yes.
Maddox
I always thought Brogan was off-limits. Our paths didnβt just cross, they tangled.
If things didnβt work out between us, it would hurt a lot of people. So I stayed in my lane, convincing myself it was for the best.
Until Vegas.
One too many drinks, a blurred wedding chapel, and a couple of shiny rings later, Brogan wakes up next to me⦠as my wife.
Sheβs ready to call it a mistake and move on, but I see it for what it is: fate handing me the chance Iβve been too scared to take.
So I make her a deal. Six months. Iβll prove we belong together, and if she still doesnβt believe it, weβll walk away. No hard feelings.
But Iβm not going down without a fight. Flowers, her favorite coffeeβIβll give her everything she never knew she wanted, including me.
And one of these times when I ask if she believes it yet that were meant to be, I just might get the answer Iβm hoping for.
Because Iβve waited long enough to make her mine, and this time, Iβm not letting her go.