Tropes: Enemies to Lovers, Widowed Dad, Hate-flirting
Vacation Fling, He Woos Her Hard
Release Date: September 15, 2026
BLURB
If love and hate are flipsides of the same coin, pursuing the argumentative woman I simultaneously want to smother and devour can’t end badly, right?
Shay Gallagher is smart and sexy and has enough snappy comebacks to fill Aspen valley. She’s the exact opposite of my late wife. Definitely not the woman I’ve pictured in my future, helping raise my son.
Good thing this is only a vacation fling.
Or, more accurately, a hate-fueled shag-a-thon in Aspen’s snow-covered trees, on the chairlift, even a few choice bathrooms.
We’ve agreed our explosive hookups end when we return home to the opposite sides of Canada. Nothing good can come from this much combustible magnetism.
So why do I text her that I’ll be spending the summer in Toronto on a business trip? Why do I chase her to go out with me again, like I’m in some kind of Wooing Olympics? I even use my son to win her over.
There’s just something about Shay. Her ease with Jackson, the laughs and banter we share. Trouble is, we still live a country apart, and Shay has declared she doesn’t want to get snowballed into another man’s life by upending her own.
Surely two people this shockingly good together can still conquer these mounting odds…
Kelly Siskind is a contemporary romance and rom-com author dedicated to all things happily ever after. When not hunkered down writing, you’ll find her out hiking or skiing or mountain biking in the Canadian Rockies. She loves singing while driving, looks awful in yellow, and is known for spilling wine at parties. Sign up for Kelly’s newsletter at www.kellysiskind.com and never miss a giveaway, a free bonus scene, or the latest news on her books.
What Shay needed was a fun trip to Aspen with her best friends to help her put her long term relationship with a man who didn’t deserve her in the past. What she was looking for was fun and a fling but from her first unforgettable meeting with Kolton they didn’t get off to the best start but there was no denying the feelings whether they were sparring or giving into the heat between them.
Kolton is a single father who has taken a getaway with his best friends as well. He isn’t sure he is ready to begin dating again however he would like to find the woman he is destined to spend his life with. From his first meeting with Shay she makes him feel alive in a way he hasn’t for a while however there are also complications to overcome.
The banter between them is humorous and the captivating group of friends only add to the story. Both Shay and Kolton have had some challenges in their life but that only makes the love that they found in each other that much sweeter.
