Provoked With Pleasure: A Spicy Enemies-to-Lovers Novella (House of Midnight Pleasures Book 5) by Eve Brash

An extra-spicy and playful contemporary romance novella for anyone who loves banter, mutual insults, and watching strong men shatter for love.The only woman he wants is the one he'd have to burn down his life to have.Graham Nichols has built an empire on the back of his self-control. He didn't crawl out of the gutter just to throw away his success on some woman. Then his best friend's sister walks into his office as his new assistant. With her tall heels, tight skirts, and ability to manage everything and everyone—even him—cracks start to form in his perfectionistic exterior.Rosie Acosta is done playing the good girl for everyone else. At 32 and fresh off a failed engagement, she's finally ready to enter her wild era and figure out what life is all about. Her grumpy, foul-mouthed new boss seems to delight in giving her grief. And unfortunately, she seems to delight in giving it right back. He's the only person who likes her morethe less she tries to please him.As sparks ignite and the fire between them rages, Graham knows Rosie's brother would kill him for touching her. The problem is, there are fates worse than death. And losing the woman who has his heart in her fist might be one of them.